--- title: When the king heard that he admitted being a master-thief, he said t… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the king heard that he admitted being a master-thief, he said that he would forgive him the attempt to steal the bird if he would go to the next kingdom and carry off the world’s most beautiful princess, and bring her to him. Who acts: king, prince. 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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 (king, prince), 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:pg5615:15:17 # text = When the king heard that he admitted being a master-thief, he said that he would forgive him the attempt to steal the bird if he would go to the next kingdom and carry off the world’s most beautiful princess, and bring her to him. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 admitted admit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 11 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 forgive forgive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 acl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’s 's PART POS _ 39 case _ _ 41 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 42 advmod _ _ 42 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the king | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **admit** *speech: other* | past | king | | | | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | gerund | | a master thief | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **forgive** | would | king | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **steal** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | the bird | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bird=Theme | | 7 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | prince | | | the next kingdom | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to kingdom=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **carry off** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | the world's beautiful princess | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 9 | **bring** | infinitive | king *not said here* | princess | prince | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to he=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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/18/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/15/)