--- title: The woman saw this, and said that he might have it if he would take… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The woman saw this, and said that he might have it if he would take the trouble to get it; for which the Prince thanked her, and said it was at least worth trying. Who acts: woman, Prince, barrel. 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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 (woman, Prince, barrel), 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:pg640:42:14 # text = The woman saw this, and said that he might have it if he would take the trouble to get it; for which the Prince thanked her, and said it was at least worth trying. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 ccomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 if if SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 trouble trouble NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 27 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 36 obl _ _ 36 worth worth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 ccomp _ _ 37 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the woman | this | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | might | Prince | barrel | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | Prince | the trouble | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trouble=Theme | | 5 | **get** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | barrel | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the Prince | | woman | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent she=Theme for which=Attribute | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **is** | past | barrel | | | least | | worth *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **try** | gerund | barrel *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/15/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)