--- title: ‘Why,’ says she, ‘the King your husband has three fine sons he had b… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Why,’ says she, ‘the King your husband has three fine sons he had by the late Queen, whom he keeps shut up in a tower until they come of age, intending to divide the kingdom between them, and let your son push his fortune; now, if you don’t find some means of destroying them; your child and perhaps --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/28/) [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 Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/) / 28 # The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 28 ‘Why,’ says she, ‘the King your husband has three fine sons he had by the late Queen, whom he keeps shut up in a tower until they come of age, intending to divide the kingdom between them, and let your son push his fortune; now, if you don’t find some means of destroying them; your child and perhaps yourself will be left desolate in the end.’ **Who acts:** King, husband, late Queen, son, you, some · **What happens:** say, have, keep, shut up, come, intend · **To what, where:** Queen, three fine sons, late Queen, tower, kingdom, son · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, husband, late Queen, son), 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:pg540:8:28 # text = ‘Why,’ says she, ‘the King your husband has three fine sons he had by the late Queen, whom he keeps shut up in a tower until they come of age, intending to divide the kingdom between them, and let your son push his fortune; now, if you don’t find some means of destroying them; your child and perhaps yourself will be left desolate in the end.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 11 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 14 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 15 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 obj _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 27 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 xcomp _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 until until SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 intending intend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 divide divide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 between between ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 48 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ; ; PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 54 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 56 if if SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 59 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 60 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 61 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 62 nsubj _ _ 62 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 ccomp _ _ 63 of of SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 64 destroying destroy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 advcl _ _ 65 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT : _ 68 punct _ _ 67 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 68 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 74 cc _ _ 70 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 71 yourself yourself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 72 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 73 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 74 aux:pass _ _ 74 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 conj _ _ 75 desolate desolate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 ccomp _ _ 76 in in ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | Queen | | | now | | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | the King | three fine sons | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 3 | **have** | past | husband | three fine sons *not said here* | | | | by the late Queen | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 4 | **keep** | present | husband | the late Queen | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **shut up** | participle | the late Queen *not said here* | | | a tower | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **come** | present | King | | | | of age | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of age=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **intend** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **divide** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the kingdom | | | | between King | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 9 | **let** | infinitive | | your son | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **push** | infinitive | your son *not said here* | husband's fortune | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Theme | | 11 | **not** **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | you | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 12 | **mean** | present | some | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **destroy** | gerund | some *not said here* | sons *= son* | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 14 | **leave** | future · passive | | yourself | | | | perhaps *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 15 | **desolate** | infinitive | your child | | | | in the end | | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/29/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)