--- title: ‘My son, go and lift your father’s arm up on the bench,’ said the qu… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘My son, go and lift your father’s arm up on the bench,’ said the queen to one of the princes, for she easily knew the king again, although she was afraid to make herself known to him. Who acts: son, retainer. 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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 (son, retainer), 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:pg5615:34:15 # text = ‘My son, go and lift your father’s arm up on the bench,’ said the queen to one of the princes, for she easily knew the king again, although she was afraid to make herself known to him. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 lift lift VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 8 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 up up ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bench bench NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 18 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 easily easily ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 although although SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 38 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 xcomp _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | infinitive | My son | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **lift** | infinitive | My son *not said here* | your father's arm | | the bench | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent arm=Theme on bench=Destination | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | the queen | one of the princes | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | past | retainer | the king | | | again | easily *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | | 5 | **is** | past | retainer | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | retainer *not said here* | retainer | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | participle | retainer *not said here* | | king | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/16/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)