--- title: Of course, he went at once to the king’s daughter, and asked her if… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Of course, he went at once to the king’s daughter, and asked her if she had done with it, but she put him off with some excuse, and told him to come back next day. Who acts: Ciccu, daughter. 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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 (Ciccu, daughter), 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:pg5615:37:85 # text = Of course, he went at once to the king’s daughter, and asked her if she had done with it, but she put him off with some excuse, and told him to come back next day. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 5 obl _ _ 8 to to 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 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 29 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 excuse excuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 iobj _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 38 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | Ciccu | | the king's daughter | | | of course | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of course=Initial\_Location to daughter=Destination | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Ciccu *not said here* | | daughter | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | daughter | | | | | with course | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **put off** | past | daughter | | Ciccu | | | with some excuse | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Ciccu *not said here* | | Ciccu | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **come back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ciccu *not said here* | | | | day | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/86/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/37/)