--- title: What you have got to do now is to go on your knees to the king and c… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: What you have got to do now is to go on your knees to the king and crave his pardon, and before he consents to a peace you will have to implore him to grant you the favour of becoming his wife. Who acts: you, king, favour. 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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 (you, king, favour), 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:pg5615:31:7 # text = What you have got to do now is to go on your knees to the king and crave his pardon, and before he consents to a peace you will have to implore him to grant you the favour of becoming his wife. 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 7 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 knees knee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 crave crave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 23 before before SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 consents consent VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 advcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 implore implore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 grant grant VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 of of SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 becoming become VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present · perfect | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **is** | to-infinitive · do-support | | | | your knees | | to the king; go *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **crave** | infinitive | | king's pardon | | | | | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pardon=Theme | | 4 | **consent** | present | king | | | | | to a peace | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to peace=Theme | | 5 | **have** | future | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **implore** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | king | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **grant** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the favour | you | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal favour=Theme | | 8 | **become** | gerund | the favour *not said here* | king's wife | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient wife=Result | | 9 | **pardon** | | king | | | | | | nom pardon «act 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/8/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)