--- title: Now there has come to ask your hand a prince of the east, so handsom… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now there has come to ask your hand a prince of the east, so handsome that the very sun grows modest before the splendour of his face; he is rich, and he has brought gold and jewels, all for you, if you will marry him. Who acts: sun, you. 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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 (sun, 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:pg3282:2:4 # text = Now there has come to ask your hand a prince of the east, so handsome that the very sun grows modest before the splendour of his face; he is rich, and he has brought gold and jewels, all for you, if you will marry him. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 east east NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 parataxis _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 very very ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 22 modest mod ADV RBS Degree=Sup 21 advmod _ _ 23 before before ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 splendour splendour NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 38 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 38 appos _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 conj _ _ 50 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · perfect | | | | there | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | your hand | a prince of the east | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grow** | present | the sun | | | the splendour of sun's face | | mod *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before splendour=Location | | 4 | **is** | present | sun | | | | | rich *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **bring** | present · perfect | sun | gold and jewels | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | | 6 | **marry** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | you | sun | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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:** «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/5/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/2/)