--- title: King of the waters, far and near, I ask not of thy golden store, I w… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: King of the waters, far and near, I ask not of thy golden store, I wish not jewels of pearl to wear, Nor silver either, ask I for, But one is odd and even is two, So give me a cow, sea-king so bold, And in return I’ll give to you A slice of the moon, and the sun’s gold. Who acts: King, I, one. 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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 (King, I, one), 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:pg3454:23:100 # text = King of the waters, far and near, I ask not of thy golden store, I wish not jewels of pearl to wear, Nor silver either, ask I for, But one is odd and even is two, So give me a cow, sea-king so bold, And in return I’ll give to you A slice of the moon, and the sun’s gold. 1 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 near near ADV RB _ 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 thy thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 store store NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 21 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 pearl pearl NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 Nor nor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 either either ADV RB PronType=Ind 25 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 But but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nsubj _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 So so ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 50 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 53 so so ADV RB _ 54 advmod _ _ 54 bold bold ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 56 And and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 57 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obl _ _ 59 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 conj _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ _ 64 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 slice slice NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ’s 's PART POS _ 72 case _ _ 74 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | present | King of the waters | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **wish** | present | I | jewels of pearl | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wear** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | Nor silver | | | | either *property* | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent silver=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | one | | | | | odd *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | present | one *not said here* | two | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **give** | infinitive | King of the waters *not said here* | a cow | me | | | the sun's gold *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient cow=Theme | | 8 | **give** | future | I | a slice of the moon | you | return | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent slice=Theme to you=Recipient | | 9 | **slice** | | | the moon | | | | | nom slice «possession 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/101/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/)