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title: So when Becasigue, surround by his train, made a formal request that… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 22, sentence 93

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So when Becasigue, surround by his train, made a formal request that the princess Desiree might be given in marriage to his master's son, the king replied that he was much honoured, and would gladly give his consent; but that no one could even see the princess till her fifteenth birthday, as the spell laid upon her in her cradle by a spiteful fairy, would not cease to work till that was past.

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**Who acts:** Becasigue, king, one, spell, that, marriage · **What happens:** make, give, reply, honour, see, lay · **To what, where:** formal request, princess, son, marriage, consent, cradle · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Becasigue, king, one, spell), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3027:22:93
# text = So when Becasigue, surround by his train, made a formal request that the princess Desiree might be given in marriage to his master's son, the king replied that he was much honoured, and would gladly give his consent; but that no one could even see the princess till her fifteenth birthday, as the spell laid upon her in her cradle by a spiteful fairy, would not cease to work till that was past.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
2	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	10	mark	_	_
3	Becasigue	Becasigue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	surround	surround	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
10	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	request	request	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
14	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	Desiree	Desiree	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
18	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	master	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	's	's	PART	POS	_	25	case	_	_
27	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
31	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux:pass	_	_
35	much	much	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
36	honoured	honour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	41	aux	_	_
40	gladly	gladly	ADV	RB	_	41	advmod	_	_
41	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	conj	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	consent	consent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	51	punct	_	_
45	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
46	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
47	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	48	det	_	_
48	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
49	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
50	even	even	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	_
54	till	till	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
56	fifteenth	fifteenth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
57	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
59	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	spell	spell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	nsubj	_	_
62	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	conj	_	_
63	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	obl	_	_
65	in	in	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	cradle	cradle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	_
68	by	by	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
69	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
70	spiteful	spiteful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
73	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	75	aux	_	_
74	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	75	advmod	_	_
75	cease	cease	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	conj	_	_
76	to	to	PART	TO	_	77	mark	_	_
77	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	75	xcomp	_	_
78	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	81	mark	_	_
79	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	81	nsubj	_	_
80	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	81	cop	_	_
81	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | Becasigue | a formal request |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent request=Product |
| 2 | **give** | might · passive |  | the princess | marriage's master's son | marriage |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to son=Recipient |
| 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the king |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **honour** | past · passive |  | marriage |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **give** | would |  | marriage's consent |  |  |  | gladly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme |
| 6 | **see** | could | no one | the princess |  |  | till princess's fifteenth birthday |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus |
| 7 | **lay** | past | the spell |  |  | princess's cradle |  | upon princess; by a spiteful fairy | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon she=Destination |
| 8 | **not** **cease** | would | no one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 9 | **work** | to-infinitive | no one *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | past *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **consent** |  | marriage |  |  |  |  |  | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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