--- title: ‘You must make known to the King,’ says the hen-wife, ‘that you hear… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘You must make known to the King,’ says the hen-wife, ‘that you heard of his sons, and wonder greatly that he concealed them all this time from you; tell him you wish to see them, and that it is full time for them to be liberated, and that you would be desirous he would bring them to the Court. 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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 (You, manner, loss), 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:pg540:8:30 # text = ‘You must make known to the King,’ says the hen-wife, ‘that you heard of his sons, and wonder greatly that he concealed them all this time from you; tell him you wish to see them, and that it is full time for them to be liberated, and that you would be desirous he would bring them to the Court. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 5 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 xcomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 11 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 19 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 wonder wonder VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 27 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 concealed conceal VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl:unmarked _ _ 35 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 parataxis _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 iobj _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 ccomp _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 50 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl:unmarked _ _ 52 for for SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 55 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 56 aux:pass _ _ 56 liberated liberate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 61 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 63 cop _ _ 63 desirous desirous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 conj _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 67 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 to to ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | must | You | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | participle | You *not said here* | | | | | to the King | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | | the hen wife | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **hear** | past | you | | | | | of manner's sons | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of son=Stimulus | | 5 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | present | | | | | | greatly *property* | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **conceal** | past | manner | sons *= son* | | | time | from you | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent they=Patient from you=Beneficiary | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | | | manner | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **wish** | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 9 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | sons *= son* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 10 | **is a** | present | loss | full time | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **liberate** | to-infinitive · passive | manner *not said here* | sons *= son* | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 12 | **is** | would | you | | | | | desirous *property* | tree rules | | 13 | **bring** | would | manner | sons *= son* | | the Court | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to court=Destination | 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/31/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)