--- title: If he succeeded in this, he no doubt knew that the King had promised… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If he succeeded in this, he no doubt knew that the King had promised his daughter and half the kingdom to anyone who set her free, which promise should be faithfully and honourably kept, but if he failed he should be put to death. Who acts: King, free promise, doubt. 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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, free promise, doubt), 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:pg540:38:27 # text = If he succeeded in this, he no doubt knew that the King had promised his daughter and half the kingdom to anyone who set her free, which promise should be faithfully and honourably kept, but if he failed he should be put to death. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 succeeded succeed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 9 det _ _ 9 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 iobj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 21 nmod _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 27 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 30 det _ _ 30 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 31 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 cop _ _ 33 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 honourably honourably ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **succeed** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | King | | | this | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S\_ING»: agent=Agent in this=Eventuality | | 2 | **know** | past | King | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past · perfect | the King | | King's daughter | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 4 | **set** | past | | doubt's free promise | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient promise=Result | | 5 | **is** | should | doubt's free promise *not said here* | | | | | faithfully, honourably, keep *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | King | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **put** | should · passive | | King | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 8 | **promise** | | doubt | | | | | | nom promise «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/28/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)