--- title: But the other people in the palace had again stirred up the King, an… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the other people in the palace had again stirred up the King, and he answered that the youth should have her, and that he had never intended that he should not; but first of all he must get her quite as good a horse to ride to the wedding on as that which he had himself. 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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, youth, all), 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:pg540:38:53 # text = But the other people in the palace had again stirred up the King, and he answered that the youth should have her, and that he had never intended that he should not; but first of all he must get her quite as good a horse to ride to the wedding on as that which he had himself. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 again again ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 stirred stir VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 up up ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 advmod _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 nsubj _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 quite quite ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 as as ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 51 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 on on ADP RP _ 50 compound:prt _ _ 55 as as ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 obl _ _ 57 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 obj _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 parataxis _ _ 60 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stir up** | past · perfect · passive | | the other people in the palace | | | again | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Theme king=Eventuality | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | King | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **have** | should | the youth | sun | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 4 | **not** **intend** | past · perfect · passive | | youth | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 5 | **get** | must | all | a good horse | sun | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary horse=Theme | | 6 | **ride on** | to-infinitive | all *not said here* | | | the wedding | | as that | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to wedding=Trajectory | | 7 | **have** | past | youth | youth | | | | | tree rules | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/54/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)