--- title: Both the King’s daughter and the people in the palace asked the doct… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Both the King’s daughter and the people in the palace asked the doctor if there were no other means of saving her, and begged for the Bull’s life, for they were all fond of him, and they all declared that there was no such Bull in the whole country; but it was all in vain, he was to be killed, and s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Kari Woodengown, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/) / 22 # The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 1, sentence 22 Both the King’s daughter and the people in the palace asked the doctor if there were no other means of saving her, and begged for the Bull’s life, for they were all fond of him, and they all declared that there was no such Bull in the whole country; but it was all in vain, he was to be killed, and should be killed, and nothing else would serve. **Who acts:** daughter, other, people, such Bull, doctor, nothing · **What happens:** ask, be, mean, save, beg, declare · **To what, where:** doctor, daughter, bull · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, other, people, such Bull), 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:pg540:29:22 # text = Both the King’s daughter and the people in the palace asked the doctor if there were no other means of saving her, and begged for the Bull’s life, for they were all fond of him, and they all declared that there was no such Bull in the whole country; but it was all in vain, he was to be killed, and should be killed, and nothing else would serve. 1 Both both CCONJ CC _ 12 cc:preconj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 doctor doctor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 17 expl _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 nsubj _ _ 20 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 saving save VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 ccomp _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 begged beg VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 all all ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 parataxis _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 advmod _ _ 44 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 47 expl _ _ 47 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 48 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 50 det _ _ 49 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 Bull bull NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 56 but but CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 58 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 59 all all ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 60 in in ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj:pass _ _ 64 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 aux:pass _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 66 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 67 aux:pass _ _ 67 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 61 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 72 cc _ _ 70 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 71 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 72 aux:pass _ _ 72 killed kill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 75 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 78 nsubj _ _ 76 else else ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 77 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 78 aux _ _ 78 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 72 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the King's daughter and the people in the palace | the doctor | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | other *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **mean** | present | no other | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **save** | gerund | | daughter | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | participle | | | | | | for the Bull's life | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for life=Topic | | 6 | **is** | past | people | | | | | of bull; all, fond *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | people | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **be** | past | no such Bull in the whole country | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **is** | past | doctor | | | | | all, vain *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **kill** | past · passive | | bull | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **kill** | should · passive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 12 | **serve** | would | nothing | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/23/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/)