--- title: So he took his golden crown from off his head and put it on hers, as… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he took his golden crown from off his head and put it on hers, asking her her name, and if she would be his wife, and then she would be Queen of all the flowers. Who acts: man, THUMBELINA. 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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 (man, THUMBELINA), 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:pg640:47:243 # text = So he took his golden crown from off his head and put it on hers, asking her her name, and if she would be his wife, and then she would be Queen of all the flowers. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 off off ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 hers her PRON PRP Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 23 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 cop _ _ 35 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 39 det:predet _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | man | man's golden crown | | man's head | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent crown=Theme from head=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | man *not said here* | crown | | | | on THUMBELINA | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme on her=Destination | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | man *not said here* | THUMBELINA's name | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | THUMBELINA | man's wife | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **is a** | would | THUMBELINA | Queen | | | then | of all flowers | tree rules | | 6 | **crown** | | man | | | | | | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **name** | | THUMBELINA | | | | | | nom name «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 242](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/242/) - next →: [sentence 244](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/244/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)