--- title: The Prince offered to become her servant, and the old hag told him s… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince offered to become her servant, and the old hag told him she was badly in want of one, and he seemed to be just the person to suit her. Who acts: Prince, old hag, hag. 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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 (Prince, old hag, hag), 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:pg640:31:46 # text = The Prince offered to become her servant, and the old hag told him she was badly in want of one, and he seemed to be just the person to suit her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 offered offer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 hag hag NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 badly badly ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 want want NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 28 just just ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 xcomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 suit suit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 acl _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **offer** | past | the Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **become** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | woman's servant | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the old hag | | Prince | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 4 | **is** | past | hag | | | want | | of one; badly *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the person | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **suit** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | hag | | | | | tree rules | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/47/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/31/)