--- title: Now the Six came to a town in which the King had proclaimed that who… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the Six came to a town in which the King had proclaimed that whoever should run with his daughter in a race, and win, should become her husband; but if he lost, he must lose his head. Who acts: Six, King, whoever. 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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 (Six, King, whoever), 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:pg640:19:25 # text = Now the Six came to a town in which the King had proclaimed that whoever should run with his daughter in a race, and win, should become her husband; but if he lost, he must lose his head. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 obl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 proclaimed proclaim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 whoever whoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 win win VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Six | | | a town | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **proclaim** | past · perfect | the King | | | a town | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **run** | should | whoever | | | a race | | with King's daughter | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in race=Trajectory | | 4 | **win** | present | the Six *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **become** | should | the Six *not said here* | runner's husband | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | King | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lose** | must | King | King's head | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/26/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/)