--- title: If he found them he would return to his palace; but if he did not fi… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If he found them he would return to his palace; but if he did not find them he would never see it again, and in that case the faithful retainer who had saved the lives of the queen and the princes should be king in his stead. Who acts: king, faithful 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 (king, faithful 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:pg5615:34:8 # text = If he found them he would return to his palace; but if he did not find them he would never see it again, and in that case the faithful retainer who had saved the lives of the queen and the princes should be king in his stead. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 retainer retainer NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 33 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl:relcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 cop _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 stead stead NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | king | sorrow | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Attribute clause=Theme | | 2 | **return** | would | king | | | | | to king's palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 3 | **not** **find** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | king | sorrow | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic | | 4 | **not** **see** | would | king | palace | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 5 | **save** | past · perfect · passive | | the faithful retainer | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary life=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | should | the faithful retainer | king | | that case | | in king's stead | tree rules | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/9/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/34/)