--- title: They did not think long, but replied, ‘Let him build your Majesty in… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They did not think long, but replied, ‘Let him build your Majesty in one day a more beautiful palace than this, and if he fails in the attempt let him be hung.’ Who acts: brothers, Ferko. 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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 (brothers, Ferko), 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:pg640:14:60 # text = They did not think long, but replied, ‘Let him build your Majesty in one day a more beautiful palace than this, and if he fails in the attempt let him be hung.’ 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 replied reply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 Let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ _ 18 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 21 advmod _ _ 21 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 23 than than ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 fails fail VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 attempt attempt NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 33 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | brothers *= brother* | | | | | long *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | participle | | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **let** | infinitive | | Ferko | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **build** | infinitive | Ferko *not said here* | your Majesty | | | day | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset majesty=Product | | 5 | **fail** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Ferko | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **let** | infinitive | Ferko *not said here* | Ferko | | the attempt | | | tree rules | | 7 | **hang** | infinitive · passive | Ferko *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V» | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/61/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/14/)