--- title: ‘So she shall,’ cried the king, who overheard these words; ‘she shal… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘So she shall,’ cried the king, who overheard these words; ‘she shall die my queen, for she is more beautiful than all the ladies of the court, and I will marry no one else.’ Who acts: king, luck, I. 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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, luck, I), 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:pg5615:19:14 # text = ‘So she shall,’ cried the king, who overheard these words; ‘she shall die my queen, for she is more beautiful than all the ladies of the court, and I will marry no one else.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 7 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 overheard overhear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 26 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 27 advmod _ _ 27 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 28 than than ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 conj _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 41 det _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 else else ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | | the king | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Topic | | 2 | **overhear** | past | the king | this words | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 3 | **die** | shall | luck | my queen | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | luck | | | | | than all ladies of the court; beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **marry** | future | I | no one | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/15/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/19/)