--- title: When she now heard that there was in the king’s palace a lindorm whi… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she now heard that there was in the king’s palace a lindorm which tore in pieces all the women that were married to him, and demanded a beautiful maiden for his bride, she went to the king, and said that her stepdaughter wished to wed the lindorm, so that the country’s only prince might travel --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/6/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/) / 6 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 33, sentence 6 When she now heard that there was in the king’s palace a lindorm which tore in pieces all the women that were married to him, and demanded a beautiful maiden for his bride, she went to the king, and said that her stepdaughter wished to wed the lindorm, so that the country’s only prince might travel and seek a bride. **Who acts:** stepmother, stepdaughter, prince · **What happens:** hear, be, marry, demand, go, say · **To what, where:** palace, women, king, beautiful maiden, lindorm, bride · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 33. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (stepmother, stepdaughter, prince), 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:pg5615:33:6 # text = When she now heard that there was in the king’s palace a lindorm which tore in pieces all the women that were married to him, and demanded a beautiful maiden for his bride, she went to the king, and said that her stepdaughter wished to wed the lindorm, so that the country’s only prince might travel and seek a bride. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 7 expl _ _ 7 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 lindorm lindorm NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ _ 15 which which DET WDT PronType=Int 16 det _ _ 16 tore tore NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:unmarked _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 parataxis _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 24 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 stepdaughter stepdaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 ccomp _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 wed wed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 xcomp _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 lindorm lindorm NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 54 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 58 mark _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 conj _ _ 59 only only ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 61 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 ccomp _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 seek seek VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 conj _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 38 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | stepmother | | | the king's palace | now | in pieces | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **be** | past | stepmother *not said here* | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **marry** | past · passive | | all women | king | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to he=Co-Patient | | 4 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | stepmother *not said here* | a beautiful maiden | | | | for king's bride | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme maiden=Precondition | | 5 | **go** | past | stepmother | | | | | to the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | stepmother *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **wish** | past | stepmother's stepdaughter | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **wed** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | stepmother's stepdaughter *not said here* | the lindorm | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lindorm=Patient | | 9 | **travel** | might | prince | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **seek** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | a bride | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Theme | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/7/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/33/)