--- title: ‘Half my kingdom is thine already,’ said the King, ‘and the other ha… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Half my kingdom is thine already,’ said the King, ‘and the other half shall be thine after my death, for my sons can get countries and kingdoms for themselves now that they have become princes again.’ Who acts: kingdom, other half, sons. 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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 (kingdom, other half, sons), 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:pg540:49:114 # text = ‘Half my kingdom is thine already,’ said the King, ‘and the other half shall be thine after my death, for my sons can get countries and kingdoms for themselves now that they have become princes again.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 4 det:predet _ _ 3 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 6 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 10 nmod:poss _ _ 7 already already ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 14 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 half half NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 24 nsubj _ _ 19 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 cop _ _ 21 thine thy PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch 24 nmod:poss _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 31 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 nmod _ _ 36 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 amod _ _ 41 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ _ 42 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** *speech: assert* | present | my kingdom | | | | | say *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | shall | the other half | | | | after thine death | | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | can | my sons | countries and kingdoms | | | again | for sons *= son* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent country=Beneficiary prince=Theme | | 4 | **become** | present · perfect | sons *= son* | | | | now | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/113/) - next →: [sentence 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/115/) - ↑ back to [The Seven Foals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/)