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title: She replied that the attempt to do so might cost her her own life, a… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: She replied that the attempt to do so might cost her her own life, as the key of the stable in which the prince’s horse stood lay under the host’s pillow; but, as she herself was a prisoner there, she would help him to escape if he would take her along with him. Who acts: murderer, attempt, horse, l
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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 112

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She replied that the attempt to do so might cost her her own life, as the key of the stable in which the prince’s horse stood lay under the host’s pillow; but, as she herself was a prisoner there, she would help him to escape if he would take her along with him.

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**Who acts:** murderer, attempt, horse, life · **What happens:** reply, do, cost, stand, be, help · **To what, where:** own life, murderer, key, life · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (murderer, attempt, horse, life), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg5615:14:112
# text = She replied that the attempt to do so might cost her her own life, as the key of the stable in which the prince’s horse stood lay under the host’s pillow; but, as she herself was a prisoner there, she would help him to escape if he would take her along with him.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	cost	cost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
11	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	key	key	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	stable	stable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	obl	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	’s	's	PART	POS	_	25	case	_	_
27	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl	_	_
29	lay	lay	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	28	advmod	_	_
30	under	under	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	’s	's	PART	POS	_	32	case	_	_
34	pillow	pillow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
36	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
38	as	as	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
39	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
40	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	39	conj	_	_
41	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	_
44	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	43	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
46	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	nsubj	_	_
47	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	48	aux	_	_
48	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
49	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	48	obj	_	_
50	to	to	PART	TO	_	51	mark	_	_
51	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	xcomp	_	_
52	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
53	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
54	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
55	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	ccomp	_	_
56	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	_
57	along	along	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	with	with	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | murderer |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the attempt *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cost** | might | the attempt | murderer's own life | murderer |  |  | as the key of the stable | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme she=Beneficiary life=Value |
| 4 | **stand** | past | the prince's horse |  |  | the key of the stable |  | lay *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in which=Location |
| 5 | **is** | past | murderer |  |  | there |  | as a prisoner | tree rules |
| 6 | **help** | would | murderer | life |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 7 | **escape** | to-infinitive | life *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | life |  | murderer |  |  | along prince | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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