--- title: ‘No,’ said the King; ‘that I cannot tell thee, and as thou hast proc… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘No,’ said the King; ‘that I cannot tell thee, and as thou hast procured such a splendid bridal horse for my daughter thou shalt have her; but first we must have one more trial, just to see if thou art fated to have her. Who acts: King, I, thou, we. 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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, I, thou, we), 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:pg540:39:19 # text = ‘No,’ said the King; ‘that I cannot tell thee, and as thou hast procured such a splendid bridal horse for my daughter thou shalt have her; but first we must have one more trial, just to see if thou art fated to have her. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 9 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 thee thou PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 14 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 20 nsubj _ _ 20 hast have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 21 procured procure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 22 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 26 det:predet _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 30 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shalt shall AUX MD Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 35 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 39 advmod _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 41 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 42 amod _ _ 42 trial trial NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 just just ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 thou thou PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 49 nsubj _ _ 49 art be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 ccomp _ _ 50 fated fated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | can | I | | thee | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | present | thou | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **procure** | participle | | such splendid bridal horse | | | | for my daughter | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent horse=Theme for daughter=Beneficiary | | 5 | **have** | shall | thou | horse | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 6 | **have** | must | we | one more trial | | | | first *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trial=Patient | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **have** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | horse | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/39/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/39/20/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/39/)