--- title: The King, having asked for and received a portrait of this Princess,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King, having asked for and received a portrait of this Princess, had it placed in his great hall under a canopy, and sent for Prince Curlicue, to whom he said that as this was the portrait of his future bride, he hoped the Prince found it charming. Who acts: King, portrait, this, 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 (King, portrait, this, 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:pg540:34:9 # text = The King, having asked for and received a portrait of this Princess, had it placed in his great hall under a canopy, and sent for Prince Curlicue, to whom he said that as this was the portrait of his future bride, he hoped the Prince found it charming. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 aux _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 5 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 det _ _ 13 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 xcomp _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 20 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 under under ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 canopy canopy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 30 Curlicue Curlicue PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 portrait portrait NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 hoped hope VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 ccomp _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obj _ _ 53 charming charm VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 51 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund · perfect | the King | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **receive** | past | the King *not said here* | a portrait of this Princess | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portrait=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | | portrait | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **place** | participle | portrait *not said here* | | | King's great hall under a canopy | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hall=Destination | | 5 | **send** | participle | | | | | | for Prince | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to whom=Destination | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | this | | | | | as the portrait; of King's future bride | tree rules | | 8 | **hope** | past | King | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **find** | past | the Prince | portrait | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme | | 10 | **charm** | gerund | portrait *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **portray** | | | this Princess | | | | | nom portrait «communication 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/10/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/34/)