--- title: “The king’s majesty uses the words ‘we’ and ‘us’ when referring to t… — Irish Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: “The king’s majesty uses the words ‘we’ and ‘us’ when referring to the king’s majesty,” said Dermod, “but princes who do not yet rule territories must use another form of speech when referring to themselves.” Who acts: majesty, Dermod, princes. 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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 (majesty, Dermod, princes), 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:pg2892:40:27 # text = “The king’s majesty uses the words ‘we’ and ‘us’ when referring to the king’s majesty,” said Dermod, “but princes who do not yet rule territories must use another form of speech when referring to themselves.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 17 referring refer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 26 Dermod Dermod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 “ " PUNCT `` _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 parataxis _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 32 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 34 yet yet ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 territories territory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nsubj _ _ 37 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 parataxis _ _ 39 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 40 det _ _ 40 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 44 referring refer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** *in a quote* | present | the king's majesty | the words we | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | | 2 | **refer** *in a quote* | gerund | the king's majesty *not said here* | | | | | to the king's majesty | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to majesty=Co-Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Dermod | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **use** *in a quote* | must · present · do-support | princes | another form of speech | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Patient | | 5 | **refer** *in a quote* | gerund | princes *not said here* | | territories *= territory* | | | | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to themselves=Co-Theme | | 6 | **form** *in a quote* | | | speech | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Irish Fairy Tales» by James Stephens, Project Gutenberg book 2892 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/28/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2892/40/)