--- title: ‘Ah,’ said he, ‘the King’s daughter shall not overreach us;’ and, lo… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Ah,’ said he, ‘the King’s daughter shall not overreach us;’ and, loading his gun, he shot so cleverly, that he shot away the horse’s skull from under the runner’s head, without its hurting him. Who acts: wind, daughter, skull. 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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 (wind, daughter, skull), 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:pg640:19:38 # text = ‘Ah,’ said he, ‘the King’s daughter shall not overreach us;’ and, loading his gun, he shot so cleverly, that he shot away the horse’s skull from under the runner’s head, without its hurting him. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 8 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’s 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 overreach overreach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 ccomp _ _ 16 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 loading load VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 gun gun NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 cleverly cleverly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 away away ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ’s 's PART POS _ 35 case _ _ 37 skull skull NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 39 under under ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 runner runner NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 without without SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 46 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 hurting hurt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | wind | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **overreach** | shall | the King's daughter | us | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot we=Theme | | 3 | **load** | gerund | wind *not said here* | wind's gun | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent gun=Theme | | 4 | **shoot** | past | wind | | | | | cleverly *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **shoot away** | past | wind | the horse's skull | | the runner's head | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent skull=Theme from head=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **hurt** | gerund | skull | wind | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Patient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/39/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/19/)