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# The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 80

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Then the princess told the king how treacherously his eldest sons had acted, and he had them banished from his kingdom; but the youngest prince married the princess, and got the horse with the golden shoes and half the kingdom from his father, who kept for himself so long as he lived the bird Grip, which now sang with all its heart to the king and all his court.

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**Who acts:** princess, eldest sons, son, eyes, youngest prince, father · **What happens:** tell, act, have, banish, marry, get · **To what, where:** king, eyes, kingdom, princess, horse, bird Grip · **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 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, eldest sons, son, eyes), 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:pg5615:15:80
# text = Then the princess told the king how treacherously his eldest sons had acted, and he had them banished from his kingdom; but the youngest prince married the princess, and got the horse with the golden shoes and half the kingdom from his father, who kept for himself so long as he lived the bird Grip, which now sang with all its heart to the king and all his court.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
8	treacherously	treacherously	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	amod	_	_
11	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	acted	act	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
18	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	_
19	banished	banish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	xcomp	_	_
20	from	from	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
24	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	youngest	young	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	27	amod	_	_
27	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
28	married	marry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
41	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	43	det:predet	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
44	from	from	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
46	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
48	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	49	nsubj	_	_
49	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	acl:relcl	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	49	obl	_	_
52	so	so	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	49	advmod	_	_
54	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	56	mark	_	_
55	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	56	nsubj	_	_
56	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	advcl	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	Grip	Grip	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
61	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	63	nsubj	_	_
62	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	63	advmod	_	_
63	sang	sing	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	acl:relcl	_	_
64	with	with	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
65	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	67	det:predet	_	_
66	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
68	to	to	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
72	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	74	det:predet	_	_
73	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	74	nmod:poss	_	_
74	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the princess |  | the king |  | then |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **act** | past · perfect | king's eldest sons |  |  |  |  | treacherously *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **have** | past | son | eyes *= eye* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **banish** | participle | eyes *= eye* *not said here* |  |  | king's kingdom |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from kingdom=Source |
| 5 | **marry** | past | the youngest prince | the princess |  |  |  |  | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
| 6 | **get** | past | the princess *not said here* | the horse |  |  |  | with the golden shoes and half kingdom; from king's father | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent horse=Theme from father=Source |
| 7 | **keep** | past | king's father |  |  |  |  | for king; long *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **live** | past | king | the bird Grip |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme grip=Location |
| 9 | **sing** *speech: express* | past | the bird Grip |  |  |  | now | with kingdom's heart; to the king and king's court | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with heart=Theme |

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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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