--- title: But the Prince knew what he wanted, and when the old witch saw that… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the Prince knew what he wanted, and when the old witch saw that he had made up his mind to have the foal, she said, ‘I am obliged to keep my promise and to hand you over the foal; and as I know who you are and what you want, I will tell you in what way the animal will be useful to you. 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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 witch, witch, I), 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:pg640:32:42 # text = But the Prince knew what he wanted, and when the old witch saw that he had made up his mind to have the foal, she said, ‘I am obliged to keep my promise and to hand you over the foal; and as I know who you are and what you want, I will tell you in what way the animal will be useful to you. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 ccomp _ _ 19 up up ADP RP _ 18 compound:prt _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 ccomp _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 36 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 hand hand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 conj _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 60 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 52 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 conj _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 58 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 59 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 60 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 61 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 60 iobj _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 64 nsubj _ _ 64 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 obl _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 67 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 68 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 69 cop _ _ 69 useful useful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 acl:relcl _ _ 70 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 2 | **want** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 3 | **see** | past | the old witch | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **make up** | past · perfect | Prince | Prince's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 5 | **have** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | the foal | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Patient | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | witch | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **oblige** | present · passive | | I | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | my promise | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Theme | | 9 | **hand** | to-infinitive | | you | | | | over the foal | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 10 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 11 | **is a** | present | you | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **want** | present | you | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 13 | **tell** *speech: assert* | future | I | | you | way | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 14 | **is** | future | the animal | way *not said here* | you | | | useful *property* | tree rules | | 15 | **mind** | | Prince | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 16 | **promise** | | my | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/43/) - ↑ back to [The Witch and Her Servants(22), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/32/)