--- title: I knew that after two hundred years a Prince would recall her to the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I knew that after two hundred years a Prince would recall her to the light of day, and a Princess, in restoring to me the hand which my enemy had cut off, would give me back my natural form. Who acts: I, Prince, my. 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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 (I, Prince, my), 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:pg540:35:59 # text = I knew that after two hundred years a Prince would recall her to the light of day, and a Princess, in restoring to me the hand which my enemy had cut off, would give me back my natural form. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 compound _ _ 6 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 recall recall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 restoring restore VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 enemy enemy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 cut cut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 34 off off ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 iobj _ _ 39 back back ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ _ 40 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | I | a Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **recall** | would | a Prince | Queen | | the light of day | year | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to light=Destination | | 3 | **restore** | gerund | I *not said here* | the hand | me | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Theme to i=Recipient | | 4 | **cut off** | past · perfect · passive | | the hand | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **give back** | would | I *not said here* | my natural form | me | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient form=Theme | | 6 | **light** | | | day | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **form** | | my | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/60/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Branch, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/35/)