--- title: At last the prince had his own statue erected on the public places a… — Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen · tree and pragmatics description: At last the prince had his own statue erected on the public places and fixed on the royal palaces; nay, he even wished it to be placed in the churches, on the altars, but in this the priests opposed him, saying: "Prince, you are mighty indeed, but God's power is much greater than yours; we dare not --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/14/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/) / [The Wicked Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/) / 14 # Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen, The Wicked Prince, sentence 14 At last the prince had his own statue erected on the public places and fixed on the royal palaces; nay, he even wished it to be placed in the churches, on the altars, but in this the priests opposed him, saying: "Prince, you are mighty indeed, but God's power is much greater than yours; we dare not obey your orders." **Who acts:** last prince, prince, priests, you, power, we · **What happens:** have, erect, fix, wish, place, oppose · **To what, where:** own statue, public places, royal palaces, statue, churches, prince · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen» by H. C. Andersen, The Wicked Prince. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (last prince, prince, priests, you), 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:pg27200:207:14 # text = At last the prince had his own statue erected on the public places and fixed on the royal palaces; nay, he even wished it to be placed in the churches, on the altars, but in this the priests opposed him, saying: "Prince, you are mighty indeed, but God's power is much greater than yours; we dare not obey your orders." 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 erected erect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 fixed fix VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 palaces palace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 21 nay nay INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 churches church NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 altars altar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 43 opposed oppose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 48 " " PUNCT `` _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 mighty mighty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 conj _ _ 54 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 57 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 58 's 's PART POS _ 57 case _ _ 59 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 60 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 61 much much ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 49 amod _ _ 63 than than ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 yours your PRON PRP Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 66 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 dare dare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 68 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 67 advmod _ _ 69 obey obey VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 70 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 71 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 69 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 73 " " PUNCT '' _ 69 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the last prince | prince's own statue | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **erect** | participle | | prince's own statue *not said here* | | the public places | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fix** | participle | | | | the royal palaces | | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **wish** | past | prince | statue | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 5 | **place** | to-infinitive · passive | prince *not said here* | | | the churches | | on the altars | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: on altar=Destination | | 6 | **oppose** | past | this priests | prince | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | this priests *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent prince=Topic | | 8 | **is** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | indeed, mighty *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **is** *in a quote* | present | God's power | | | | | than yours; great *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **obey** *in a quote* | present | we | your orders | | | | | vn abide\_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | | 11 | **order** *in a quote* | | your | | | | | | nom order «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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/15/) - ↑ back to [The Wicked Prince](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg27200/207/)