--- title: ‘The maiden who can work such wonders is fitted to be the wife of th… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The maiden who can work such wonders is fitted to be the wife of the greatest chief,’ he said, and so he married her, and took her with him across the sea to his own home, where they lived happily for ever after. Who acts: king, wonders. 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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, wonders), 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:pg3454:23:13 # text = ‘The maiden who can work such wonders is fitted to be the wife of the greatest chief,’ he said, and so he married her, and took her with him across the sea to his own home, where they lived happily for ever after. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 7 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 wonders wonder NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 12 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 14 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 xcomp _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 amod _ _ 18 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 ccomp _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ _ 35 across across ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 45 advmod _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 46 happily happily ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 45 obl _ _ 49 after after ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | can | | such wonders | | | | | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent wonder=Material | | 2 | **fit** | present · passive | | the maiden | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | the wife | | | | of the greatest chief | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **marry** | past | king | chief | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 6 | **take** | past | king *not said here* | chief | | the sea | | with king; to king's own home | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to home=Destination | | 7 | **live** | past | wonders *= wonder* | | | | | after, happily *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/14/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/23/)