--- title: My father will then get very angry, and as the king must answer for… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: My father will then get very angry, and as the king must answer for what his fool does he will sentence him, even although he has paid his debt, either to answer three questions or to lose his life. Who acts: father, fool. 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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 (father, fool), 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:pg5615:27:35 # text = My father will then get very angry, and as the king must answer for what his fool does he will sentence him, even although he has paid his debt, either to answer three questions or to lose his life. 1 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 answer answer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 obl _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 fool fool NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 even even ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 although although SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 parataxis _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 debt debt NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 either either CCONJ CC _ 35 cc:preconj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 answer answer VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 lose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | future | My father | | | | then | angry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | must | | | | | | as the king | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **do** | present | father's fool | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **sentence** | future | fool | father | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pay** | present · perfect · passive | | fool | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient debt=Asset | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | three questions | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | | 7 | **lose** | to-infinitive | | father's life | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Eventuality | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/36/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/27/)