--- title: ‘That is all very well,’ said the King, ‘but I cannot give away my d… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘That is all very well,’ said the King, ‘but I cannot give away my daughter until there stands in front of my palace a garden in which there are three fountains, of which the first must play gold, the second diamonds, and the third brilliants.’ Who acts: That, King, I, first. 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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 (That, King, I, first), 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:pg640:7:25 # text = ‘That is all very well,’ said the King, ‘but I cannot give away my daughter until there stands in front of my palace a garden in which there are three fountains, of which the first must play gold, the second diamonds, and the third brilliants.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 13 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 20 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 iobj _ _ 22 until until SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 23 there their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Typo=Yes 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 obl _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 35 expl _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 fountains fountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 44 nsubj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 acl:relcl _ _ 45 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 49 amod _ _ 49 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 54 amod _ _ 54 brilliants brilliant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | That | | | | | all, well *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **not** **give away** | can | I | | my daughter | | | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | present | I *not said here* | | | front of my palace and a garden | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location | | 5 | **play** | must | the first | gold and the second diamonds | | | | of three fountains | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/26/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Crab(5)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/7/)