--- title: The man in his terror agreed to everything she asked, and as soon as… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The man in his terror agreed to everything she asked, and as soon as the child was born the Witch appeared, and having given it the name of Rapunzel, which is the same as rampion, she carried it off with her. Who acts: man, wife, name. A sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Twelve Br --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/116/) [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 Twelve Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/) / 116 # The Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Brothers, sentence 116 The man in his terror agreed to everything she asked, and as soon as the child was born the Witch appeared, and having given it the name of Rapunzel, which is the same as rampion, she carried it off with her. **Who acts:** man, wife, name · **What happens:** agree, ask, bear, appear, give, be · **To what, where:** child, terror, name, Rapunzel This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Twelve Brothers. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, wife, name), 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:pg540:41:116 # text = The man in his terror agreed to everything she asked, and as soon as the child was born the Witch appeared, and having given it the name of Rapunzel, which is the same as rampion, she carried it off with her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 terror terror NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 aux _ _ 26 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 Rapunzel Rapunzel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 rampion rampion NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | the man in marriage's terror | | | | | to everything | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | wife | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bear** | past · passive | | the child | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary witch=Patient | | 4 | **appear** | past | the man in marriage's terror *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **give** | gerund · perfect | the man in marriage's terror *not said here* | terror | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient name=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | the name of Rapunzel | | | | | as rampion; same *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **carry off** | past | wife | name | | | | with mother | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **name** | | | Rapunzel | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/117/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/)