--- title: Ring thanked him heartily, and said there was no need to pay him for… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Ring thanked him heartily, and said there was no need to pay him for his services, they were so little worth; but if he did wish to give him anything he would choose what was in the parlour. Who acts: Ring, need, Prince. 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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 (Ring, need, Prince), 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:pg640:42:39 # text = Ring thanked him heartily, and said there was no need to pay him for his services, they were so little worth; but if he did wish to give him anything he would choose what was in the parlour. 1 Ring Ring PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 heartily heartily ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ 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 2 parataxis _ _ 8 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 9 expl _ _ 9 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 11 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 worth worth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 parataxis _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 iobj _ _ 33 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 obj _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 choose choose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 acl:relcl _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 parlour parlour NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Ring | | Prince | | | heartily *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **be** | past | no need and little worth | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pay** | to-infinitive | no need and little worth *not said here* | Prince | | | | for Prince's services | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Asset for service=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | past | need | little worth | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | Ring | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Ring *not said here* | anything | Prince | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient anything=Theme | | 8 | **choose** | would | Ring | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **is** | past | | | | the parlour | | | tree rules | | 10 | **service** | | Prince | | | | | | nom service «act 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/40/) - ↑ back to [Prince Ring (30)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/42/)