--- title: The King’s daughter often dreamed that her husband was going through… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King’s daughter often dreamed that her husband was going through some great suffering: she therefore begged her father to summon all the enchanters and magicians, that they might try to find out where the Prince was and how he could be set free. Who acts: daughter, husband, kings, Prince. 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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 (daughter, husband, kings, Prince), 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:pg640:5:191 # text = The King’s daughter often dreamed that her husband was going through some great suffering: she therefore begged her father to summon all the enchanters and magicians, that they might try to find out where the Prince was and how he could be set free. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 often often ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 ccomp _ _ 12 through through ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 15 det _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 suffering suffering NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 summon summon VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 enchanters enchanter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 magicians magician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 out out ADP RP _ 35 compound:prt _ _ 37 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 47 advmod _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 44 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 46 set set ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | past | the King's daughter | | | | | often *property* | vn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | daughter's husband | | | some great suffering | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through suffering=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | daughter | | daughter's father | | | therefore *property* | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent father=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **summon** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | daughter *not said here* | all enchanters and magicians | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enchanter=Recipient | | 5 | **try** | might | kings *= king* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **find out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | kings *= king* *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | could · past | the Prince | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | 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 190](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/190/) - next →: [sentence 192](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/192/) - ↑ back to [The Dragon of the North(2)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/5/)