--- title: He came to the King and asked his daughter’s hand, which he readily… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He came to the King and asked his daughter’s hand, which he readily granted him, but only on the condition that he should remain there as long as he could, for the King himself was not strong and not very able to govern his kingdom. Who acts: Sigurd. 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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 (Sigurd), 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:pg640:47:7 # text = He came to the King and asked his daughter’s hand, which he readily granted him, but only on the condition that he should remain there as long as he could, for the King himself was not strong and not very able to govern his kingdom. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 readily readily ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 granted grant VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 acl _ _ 28 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advmod _ _ 29 as as ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 41 advmod _ _ 41 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 conj _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 govern govern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Sigurd | | | the condition | | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Sigurd *not said here* | Sigurd's daughter's hand | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hand=Recipient | | 3 | **grant** | past | Sigurd | Sigurd's daughter's hand | | | | readily *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent which=Goal he=Theme | | 4 | **remain** | should | Sigurd | the condition *not said here* | | there | | long *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme condition=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **is** | past | Sigurd | | | | | for the King; strong *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **be** | | Sigurd *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **govern** | to-infinitive | Sigurd *not said here* | Sigurd's kingdom | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/8/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)