--- title: The King’s daughter wished to spare him, and said that she was so yo… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King’s daughter wished to spare him, and said that she was so young and light of foot that she would willingly walk, but he would not give her leave to do that, and she was forced to seat herself on his back again. Who acts: daughter, bull. 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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 (daughter, 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:pg540:29:67 # text = The King’s daughter wished to spare him, and said that she was so young and light of foot that she would willingly walk, but he would not give her leave to do that, and she was forced to seat herself on his back again. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 foot foot NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 23 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 31 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 xcomp _ _ 44 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obl _ _ 45 on on ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** | past | the King's daughter | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **spare** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King's daughter *not said here* | bull | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Asset | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **is** | past | daughter | | | | | young *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **walk** | would | daughter | | | | | willingly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **not** **give** | would | bull | | daughter | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **leave** | infinitive | bull *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | bull *not said here* | that | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality | | 9 | **force** | past · passive | | daughter | | bull's back | again | daughter *obl* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 10 | **light** | | | foot | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=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 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/68/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/)