--- title: “I do not ask either of these things for my son,” replied the good K… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I do not ask either of these things for my son,” replied the good King; “but if you will make him the best of princes, I shall indeed be grateful to you. Who acts: good King, you. 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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 (good King, you), 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:pg503:39:19 # text = “I do not ask either of these things for my son,” replied the good King; “but if you will make him the best of princes, I shall indeed be grateful to you. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 6 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 15 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 22 if if SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 parataxis _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 25 xcomp _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 34 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 36 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | present · do-support | the good King *= king* | either | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent either=Recipient | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the good King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | future | you | king | | | | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Product | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | shall | the good King *= king* | | you | | | grateful, indeed *property* | tree rules | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/20/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)