--- title: He then entreated her pardon for his violence, and told her that he… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He then entreated her pardon for his violence, and told her that he was about to carry her to a great kingdom over which he ruled, and where he desired she should rule with him, adding many tender and consoling expressions. Who acts: eagle, Princess. 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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 (eagle, Princess), 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:pg640:20:5 # text = He then entreated her pardon for his violence, and told her that he was about to carry her to a great kingdom over which he ruled, and where he desired she should rule with him, adding many tender and consoling expressions. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 pardon pardon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 violence violence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 ruled rule VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 rule rule VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 adding add VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 40 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 tender tender NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 consoling console VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 conj _ _ 44 expressions expression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **entreat** | past | eagle | Princess's pardon | | | then | for eagle's violence | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pardon=Recipient | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | Princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | past | eagle | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | to-infinitive | eagle *not said here* | Princess | | a great kingdom | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to kingdom=Destination | | 5 | **rule** | past | eagle | | | a great kingdom | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **desire** | past | eagle | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **rule** *not said to happen* | should | Princess | | | | | with eagle | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | Princess *not said here* | many tender | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tender=Patient | | 9 | **console** | gerund | Princess *not said here* | expressions | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus expression=Experiencer | | 10 | **pardon** | | Princess | | | | | | nom pardon «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/6/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)