--- title: “I am a king’s son,” he said, “and have been doomed by that unholy l… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I am a king’s son,” he said, “and have been doomed by that unholy little dwarf, who had stolen my treasure, to roam about the woods as a wild bear till his death should set me free. Who acts: man, unholy little dwarf, my. 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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 (man, unholy little dwarf, my), 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:pg503:36:96 # text = “I am a king’s son,” he said, “and have been doomed by that unholy little dwarf, who had stolen my treasure, to roam about the woods as a wild bear till his death should set me free. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 doomed doom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 20 unholy unholy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 roam roam VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 32 about about ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 wild wild ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 39 till till ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 42 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 44 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | man | | | | | 's a king | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **doom** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | unholy little dwarf | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **steal** *in a quote* | past · perfect | unholy little dwarf | my treasure | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location treasure=Theme | | 5 | **roam** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | unholy little dwarf *not said here* | | | | till man's death | about the woods; as a wild bear | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about wood=Trajectory | | 6 | **set** *in a quote* | should | | man | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient i=Result | | 7 | **treasure** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom treasure «possession transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **die** *in a quote* | | man | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/97/) - ↑ back to [Snow-white and Rose-red](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/36/)