--- title: 'Let the princess and the White Sword of Light, and the bay colt, re… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Let the princess and the White Sword of Light, and the bay colt, remain among the rocks, and I will change myself into the likeness of the White Sword of Light, and you shall bear me to the giant, and, instead, he will give you the blue falcon.' Who acts: you, bay colt, I, colt. 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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 (you, bay colt, I, colt), 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:pg3027:8:42 # text = 'Let the princess and the White Sword of Light, and the bay colt, remain among the rocks, and I will change myself into the likeness of the White Sword of Light, and you shall bear me to the giant, and, instead, he will give you the blue falcon.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Sword Sword PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Light Light PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 bay bay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 remain remain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 among among ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 rocks rock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 26 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 25 obj _ _ 27 into into ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 Sword Sword PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Light Light PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 41 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 48 instead instead ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 53 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 52 iobj _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 falcon falcon NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | the princess and the White Sword of Light | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 2 | **remain** | present | the bay colt | | | the rocks | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme among rock=Location | | 3 | **change** | future | I | myself | | | | into the likeness of the White Sword of Light *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent myself=Patient into likeness=Result | | 4 | **bear** | shall | you | me | | | | to the giant | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 5 | **give** | future | colt | the blue falcon | you | | | instead *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient falcon=Theme | 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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/43/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/)