--- title: The prince sent back word that he had no thought of war, but he wrot… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The prince sent back word that he had no thought of war, but he wrote: “Learn and know, King Quimus, that I am here to end the crimes of your insolent daughter who has tyrannously done to death many kings and kings sons, and has hung their heads on your citadel. 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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 (prince, King, insolent daughter), 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:pg3282:6:9 # text = The prince sent back word that he had no thought of war, but he wrote: “Learn and know, King Quimus, that I am here to end the crimes of your insolent daughter who has tyrannously done to death many kings and kings sons, and has hung their heads on your citadel. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 appos _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 wrote write VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 24 Quimus Quimus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 31 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 end end VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 crimes crime NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 insolent insolent NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 39 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 tyrannously tyrannously ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 37 acl:relcl _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 compound _ _ 48 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 51 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 53 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ _ 55 on on ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 citadel citadel NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send back** | past | the prince | word | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | Prince | that | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **write** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **learn** *in a quote* | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | King | | | | | here *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **end** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the crimes of your insolent daughter | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality crime=Eventuality | | 8 | **do** *in a quote* | present · perfect | your insolent daughter | many kings and kings sons | | | | to death; tyrannously *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | | 9 | **hang** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Prince *not said here* | sons's heads | | your citadel | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme on citadel=Destination | | 10 | **think** | | | war | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 11 | **incriminate** *in a quote* | | | your insolent daughter | | | | | nom crime «act 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:** «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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/10/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/6/)