--- title: Kari begged for leave to go with it, but the others reminded her of… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Kari begged for leave to go with it, but the others reminded her of what had happened last time, and scolded her for wanting to let the Prince see her when she was so black and so ugly in her wooden gown, but she would not give up asking until they gave her leave to go up to the Prince with the comb --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/58/) [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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/) / 58 # The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 2, sentence 58 Kari begged for leave to go with it, but the others reminded her of what had happened last time, and scolded her for wanting to let the Prince see her when she was so black and so ugly in her wooden gown, but she would not give up asking until they gave her leave to go up to the Prince with the comb. **Who acts:** Kari, others, Prince · **What happens:** beg, go, remind, happen, scold, want · **To what, where:** Kari, Prince, wooden gown · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Kari, others, 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:pg540:30:58 # text = Kari begged for leave to go with it, but the others reminded her of what had happened last time, and scolded her for wanting to let the Prince see her when she was so black and so ugly in her wooden gown, but she would not give up asking until they gave her leave to go up to the Prince with the comb. 1 Kari Kari PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 reminded remind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 of of SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 19 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 scolded scold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 wanting want VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 so so ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 51 up up ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 52 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 53 until until SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 55 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 ccomp _ _ 56 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 iobj _ _ 57 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 xcomp _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 up up ADP RP _ 59 compound:prt _ _ 61 to to ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 obl _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 comb comb NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Kari | | | | | for leave | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | with leave | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with it=Beneficiary | | 3 | **remind** *speech: other* | past | the others | | Kari | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **scold** | past | Kari *not said here* | Kari | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **want** | gerund | Kari *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Kari *not said here* | the Prince | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | Kari | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | past | Kari | | | | | black *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **be** | | Kari *not said here* | | | Kari's wooden gown | | | tree rules | | 11 | **not** **give up** | would | Kari | | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | Kari *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 13 | **give** | past | others *= other* | | Kari | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **leave** | infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 15 | **go up** | to-infinitive | others *= other* *not said here* | | | | | to the Prince; with the comb | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/59/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/)