--- title: The Prince had to take the witch’s daughter for his bride whether he… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince had to take the witch’s daughter for his bride whether he would or no; he sneaked away to her father’s house with her, however, for he was ashamed to hold the wedding festivities at the palace with so strange a bride. Who acts: Prince. 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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 (Prince), 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:pg540:14:120 # text = The Prince had to take the witch’s daughter for his bride whether he would or no; he sneaked away to her father’s house with her, however, for he was ashamed to hold the wedding festivities at the palace with so strange a bride. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’s 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 16 or or CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 sneaked sneak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 away away ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’s 's PART POS _ 24 case _ _ 26 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 however however ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 ashamed ashamed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 hold hold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 festivities festivity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | the witch's daughter | | | | for Prince's bride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme for bride=Beneficiary | | 3 | **sneak away** | past | Prince | | | witch's father's house | | with witch; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to house=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | ashamed, however *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hold** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the wedding festivities | | the palace | | with a strange bride | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent festivity=Theme at palace=Location | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/14/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/14/121/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Birch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/14/)