--- title: The old King did not need to urge his daughter to marry the slayer o… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old King did not need to urge his daughter to marry the slayer of the Dragon; he found her already willing to bestow her hand upon this hero, who had done all alone what whole armies had tried in vain to do. Who acts: old King, wisdom, hero, whole armies. 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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 (old King, wisdom, hero, whole armies), 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:pg640:5:169 # text = The old King did not need to urge his daughter to marry the slayer of the Dragon; he found her already willing to bestow her hand upon this hero, who had done all alone what whole armies had tried in vain to do. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 urge urge VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 slayer slayer NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 already already ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 bestow bestow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 upon upon ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ _ 35 all all ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 alone alone ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 41 obj _ _ 38 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **need** | past · do-support | the old King | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **urge** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old King *not said here* | wisdom's daughter | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the old King *not said here* | the slayer of the Dragon | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slayer=Patient | | 4 | **find** | past | wisdom | conqueror | | | | willing *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 5 | **bestow** | to-infinitive | wisdom *not said here* | conqueror's hand | | | | upon this hero | tree rules | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect | this hero | | | | | alone *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **try** | past · perfect | whole armies | | | | | vain *property* | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 8 | **do** | to-infinitive | whole armies *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/168/) - next →: [sentence 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/170/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)