--- title: She thereupon told him the whole story; and so the King’s son fell i… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She thereupon told him the whole story; and so the King’s son fell in love with her, and, considering himself that such a gift was worth more than any marriage portion, conducted her to the palace of the King his father, and there married her. Who acts: mother, son, gift. 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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 (mother, son, gift), 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:pg503:38:44 # text = She thereupon told him the whole story; and so the King’s son fell in love with her, and, considering himself that such a gift was worth more than any marriage portion, conducted her to the palace of the King his father, and there married her. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 thereupon thereupon ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 considering consider VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 24 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 28 det:predet _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 ccomp _ _ 31 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 30 obj _ _ 32 than than ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 35 det _ _ 34 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 50 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | mother | the whole story | son | | | thereupon *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient story=Topic | | 2 | **fall** | past | the King's son | | | love | | with mother | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 3 | **consider** | gerund | the King's son *not said here* | son | | | | | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute | | 4 | **is** | past | such gift | | | | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **conduct** | past | the King's son *not said here* | mother | | | | to the palace of the King | vn conduct-111.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Theme father=Beneficiary | | 6 | **marry** | past | the King's son *not said here* | mother | | there | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/38/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/38/45/) - ↑ back to [Toads and Diamonds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/38/)