--- title: The king replied: “Such knowledge would be of no benefit to you, for… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The king replied: “Such knowledge would be of no benefit to you, for if I granted it to you and you told any one of it, you would immediately die; ask me rather for whatever else you would most like to possess, and it shall be yours.” Who acts: king, Such knowledge, you, knowledge. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Such knowledge, you, knowledge), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg2435:6:25 # text = The king replied: “Such knowledge would be of no benefit to you, for if I granted it to you and you told any one of it, you would immediately die; ask me rather for whatever else you would most like to possess, and it shall be yours.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 benefit benefit NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 granted grant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 26 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 27 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 rather rather ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 conj _ _ 41 else else ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 44 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 40 advmod _ _ 45 like like SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 possess possess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 51 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 53 cop _ _ 53 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | would | Such knowledge | | you | | | of no benefit | tree rules | | 3 | **grant** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past | the king *= king* | knowledge | you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Goal | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | you | any one of knowledge | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient | | 5 | **die** *in a quote* | would | you | | | | | immediately *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | infinitive | | | the king *= king* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 7 | **possess** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | knowledge | yours | | | | | tree rules | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/26/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/)