--- title: So the King took the ring from his finger and gave it to Martin, say… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the King took the ring from his finger and gave it to Martin, saying: ‘Take it, good youth; but with it I make one condition--you are never to confide to anyone that this is a magic ring. Who acts: King, I, you, this. 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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 (King, I, you, this), 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:pg640:33:73 # text = So the King took the ring from his finger and gave it to Martin, saying: ‘Take it, good youth; but with it I make one condition--you are never to confide to anyone that this is a magic ring. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 finger finger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Martin Martin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 make make VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 35 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 confide confide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 37 obl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 45 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the King | the ring | | King's finger | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme from finger=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **give** | past | the King *not said here* | ring | Martin | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to martin=Recipient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **take** | infinitive | | ring | | | | good youth *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **make** | present | I | one condition | | | | with ring | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent condition=Product | | 6 | **not** **is** | present | you | | | | | to anyone; confide *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is a** | present | this | a magic ring | | | | | 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/74/) - ↑ back to [The Magic Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/33/)