--- title: ‘I am an enchanted Princess, and my father has promised that the man… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘I am an enchanted Princess, and my father has promised that the man who releases me from the spell shall have the third of his kingdom while he is alive, and the whole of it after he is dead, and marry me as well. Who acts: I, father, man. 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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 (I, father, man), 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:pg640:45:31 # text = ‘I am an enchanted Princess, and my father has promised that the man who releases me from the spell shall have the third of his kingdom while he is alive, and the whole of it after he is dead, and marry me as well. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 3 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 enchanted enchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 amod _ _ 6 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 11 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 promised promise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 releases release VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 while while SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 after after ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 46 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 45 advmod _ _ 48 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **enchant** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | present | I | a enchanted Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present · perfect | my father | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **release** | present | the man | me | | the spell | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer i=Source | | 5 | **have** | shall | the man | the third of father's kingdom | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent third=Patient | | 6 | **is** | present | father | | | | | alive *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | father *not said here* | | | | | of kingdom | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | father | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **marry** | infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/32/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Mountains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/45/)