--- title: Now the daughter of the King of that country had been carried off in… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the daughter of the King of that country had been carried off into the mountains by a Troll, and the King had no other children, and for this cause both he and all his people were full of sorrow and affliction, and the King had promised the Princess and half his kingdom to anyone who could set h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/112/) [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/) / [The Three Dwarfs, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/) / 112 # The Red Fairy Book, The Three Dwarfs, part 1, sentence 112 Now the daughter of the King of that country had been carried off into the mountains by a Troll, and the King had no other children, and for this cause both he and all his people were full of sorrow and affliction, and the King had promised the Princess and half his kingdom to anyone who could set her free; but there was no one who could do it, though a great number had tried. **Who acts:** Troll, King, one, great number · **What happens:** carry off, have, be, promise, set, do · **To what, where:** daughter, mountains, other children, Princess, free, child This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Dwarfs, 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 (Troll, King, one, great number), 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:pg540:37:112 # text = Now the daughter of the King of that country had been carried off into the mountains by a Troll, and the King had no other children, and for this cause both he and all his people were full of sorrow and affliction, and the King had promised the Princess and half his kingdom to anyone who could set her free; but there was no one who could do it, though a great number had tried. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 12 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 off off ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 27 det _ _ 26 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 33 both both CCONJ CC _ 34 cc:preconj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 40 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 affliction affliction NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 56 det:predet _ _ 55 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 56 nmod _ _ 59 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 61 nsubj _ _ 60 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 acl:relcl _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 65 but but CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 67 expl _ _ 67 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 68 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 69 det _ _ 69 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 70 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 72 nsubj _ _ 71 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 72 aux _ _ 72 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 acl:relcl _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 72 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 75 though though SCONJ IN _ 80 mark _ _ 76 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 77 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 78 amod _ _ 78 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 79 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 aux _ _ 80 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 72 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry off** | past · perfect · passive | a Troll | the daughter of the King of that country | | the mountains | now | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | the King | no other children | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | King | | | | | for this cause; of sorrow and affliction; full *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | the King | | the Princess and King's kingdom to anyone | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 5 | **set** | could | | daughter's free | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient free=Result | | 6 | **be** | past | no one | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **do** | could | no one | child | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 8 | **try** | past · perfect | a great number | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/113/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/37/)