--- title: ‘He won’t ask any questions about that,’ said the Princess, ‘for he… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘He won’t ask any questions about that,’ said the Princess, ‘for he will take you without leave or right; but as you will not go, try if you can wield that sword which the Troll uses in battle.’ Who acts: Halvor, Princess, you, Troll. 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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 (Halvor, Princess, you, Troll), 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:pg540:6:50 # text = ‘He won’t ask any questions about that,’ said the Princess, ‘for he will take you without leave or right; but as you will not go, try if you can wield that sword which the Troll uses in battle.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 wo will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 12 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 without without ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 wield wield VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 39 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 det _ _ 40 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Troll troll NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 uses use VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **ask** *speech: ask* | future | Halvor | any questions | | | | about that | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent question=Recipient about that=Topic | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Princess | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | future | Halvor | | you | | | without leave | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination | | 4 | **not** **go** | future | you | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **try** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **wield** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you | that sword | | | | | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | | 7 | **use** | present | the Troll | that sword | | battle | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/51/) - ↑ back to [Soria Moria Castle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/6/)