--- title: In answer to his questions he learned that in order to win the hand… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In answer to his questions he learned that in order to win the hand of the princess it was not enough to be born a prince, for she would marry nobody who had not proved himself faithful, and had, besides, all those talents and accomplishments which help to make people happy. 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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, hand, princess, nobody), 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:pg5615:30:58 # text = In answer to his questions he learned that in order to win the hand of the princess it was not enough to be born a prince, for she would marry nobody who had not proved himself faithful, and had, besides, all those talents and accomplishments which help to make people happy. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 10 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 fixed _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 enough enough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 23 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 32 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 nsubj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 ccomp _ _ 37 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obj _ _ 38 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 besides besides INTJ UH _ 47 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 47 det:predet _ _ 46 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 talents talent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 accomplishments accomplishment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 55 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | past | king | | | answer to king's questions | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | | the hand | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Eventuality | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | hand | | | | | of the princess; enough *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **bear** | to-infinitive · passive | hand *not said here* | a prince | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: prince=Patient | | 5 | **marry** | would | princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **prove** | past · perfect | nobody | king | | | | faithful *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | | all talents and accomplishments | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talent=Patient | | 8 | **help** | present | all talents and accomplishments | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **make** | to-infinitive | all talents and accomplishments *not said here* | people | | | | happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product | | 10 | **question** | | king | | | | | | nom question «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 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/57/) - next →: [sentence 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/59/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)