--- title: He wanted to take her with him to his kingdom, but she begged him ju… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He wanted to take her with him to his kingdom, but she begged him just to let her go once more to her father; and the Prince let her go, but told her not to say more than three words to her father, then to come back again. Who acts: iron, princess, 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 (iron, princess, 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:pg640:8:40 # text = He wanted to take her with him to his kingdom, but she begged him just to let her go once more to her father; and the Prince let her go, but told her not to say more than three words to her father, then to come back again. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 just just ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 22 advmod _ _ 22 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 30 let let VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 iobj _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 40 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV 42 advmod _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 40 fixed _ _ 42 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 43 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 48 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 51 back back ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 again again ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | past | iron | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | iron *not said here* | princess | | iron's kingdom | | with iron | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to kingdom=Destination | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | princess | | iron | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **let** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **let** | past | the Prince | princess | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **go** | infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | iron *not said here* | | princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **not** **say** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | iron *not said here* | three words | | | | to princess's father | tree rules | | 10 | **come back** | to-infinitive | | | | | then; again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/8/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/8/41/) - ↑ back to [The Iron Stove(7)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/8/)