--- title: The Prince promised never to betray her confidence, and the mare con… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Prince promised never to betray her confidence, and the mare continued: ‘Ask nothing else as a reward than my foal, for it has not its like in the world, and is not to be bought for love or money; for it can go from one end of the earth to another in a few minutes. 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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, mare, confidence, person), 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:pg640:32:35 # text = The Prince promised never to betray her confidence, and the mare continued: ‘Ask nothing else as a reward than my foal, for it has not its like in the world, and is not to be bought for love or money; for it can go from one end of the earth to another in a few minutes. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 betray betray VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 13 ccomp _ _ 17 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 16 obj _ _ 18 else else ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 22 than than ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 parataxis _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 30 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 31 like like ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 37 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 bought buy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 51 from from ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nmod _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 50 obl _ _ 59 in in ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **betray** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | person's confidence | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **continue** | past | the mare | | | | | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | the mare *not said here* | nothing | | | | as a reward than my foal | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Recipient | | 5 | **have** | present | confidence | confidence's world | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent world=Patient | | 6 | **not** **is** | present · passive | confidence *not said here* | | | | | for love or money; buy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | can | confidence | | | | from one end of the earth; minute | to another | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from end=Initial\_Location to another=Destination | | 8 | **confide** | | person | | | | | | nom confidence «cognition 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/36/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/)