--- title: When he came she told him that she had no long time to live, and the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he came she told him that she had no long time to live, and therefore wished to ask one thing of him, which was, that if he married another wife he should promise to take no other one than the Queen of Hetland the Good. Who acts: Hermod, Queen. 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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 (Hermod, Queen), 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:pg640:49:6 # text = When he came she told him that she had no long time to live, and therefore wished to ask one thing of him, which was, that if he married another wife he should promise to take no other one than the Queen of Hetland the Good. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 10 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 11 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 wished wish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 22 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 30 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 advcl _ _ 33 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 promise promise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 42 det _ _ 41 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 43 than than ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Hetland Hetland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | Hermod | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Queen | | Hermod | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **have** | past | Queen | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **live** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **wish** | participle | Queen *not said here* | | | | | therefore *property* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | one thing of Hermod | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient | | 7 | **marry** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Hermod | another wife | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Patient | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | should | Hermod | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Hermod *not said here* | no other one | | | | than the Queen of Hetland | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument one=Theme good=Destination | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/7/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)