--- title: It was rather bold of him that he went and asked the emperor's daugh… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: It was rather bold of him that he went and asked the emperor's daughter: "Will you marry me?" but he ventured to do so, for his name was known far and wide, and there were hundreds of princesses who would have gladly accepted him, but would she do so? Who acts: kingdom, he, daughter, hundreds. 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C. Andersen, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (kingdom, he, daughter, hundreds), 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:pg27200:188:2 # text = It was rather bold of him that he went and asked the emperor's daughter: "Will you marry me?" but he ventured to do so, for his name was known far and wide, and there were hundreds of princesses who would have gladly accepted him, but would she do so? 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 rather rather ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 's 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ? ? PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 ventured venture VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 36 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 42 expl _ _ 42 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 43 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 48 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux _ _ 49 gladly gladly ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 accepted accept VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl:relcl _ _ 51 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 55 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 57 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | kingdom | | | | | of him *= he*; bold *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | past | he | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | he *not said here* | | the emperor's daughter | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **marry** *in a quote* | future | the emperor's daughter *= daughter* | me | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **venture** | past | he | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **know** | past · passive | | his name | | | | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 8 | **be** | past | hundreds of princesses | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **accept** | would · perfect · passive | | princesses | | | | gladly *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **do** | would | she | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **name** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 27200 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/3/) - ↑ back to [The Swineherd](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/188/)