--- title: And he asked his parents’ consent that he might marry the girl who h… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And he asked his parents’ consent that he might marry the girl who had saved him, and a great feast was made, and the maiden became a princess, and in due time a queen, and she richly deserved all the honours showered upon her. Who acts: joy, maiden, queen, honours. 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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 (joy, maiden, queen, honours), 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:pg5615:21:96 # text = And he asked his parents’ consent that he might marry the girl who had saved him, and a great feast was made, and the maiden became a princess, and in due time a queen, and she richly deserved all the honours showered upon her. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’ 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 consent consent NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 richly richly ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 deserved deserve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 44 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 honours honour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj _ _ 47 showered shower VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 ccomp _ _ 48 upon upon ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | joy | joy's parents's consent | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent consent=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **marry** *not said to happen* | might | joy | the girl | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient | | 3 | **save** | past · perfect · passive | | the girl | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past · passive | | a great feast | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 5 | **become** | past | the maiden | a princess | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **deserve** | past | queen | | | | | richly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **shower** | past | all honours | | | | | upon queen | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme upon she=Destination | | 8 | **consent** | | joy's parents | | | | | | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/97/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/21/)