--- title: But the princess knew that he was not her husband, and she begged hi… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the princess knew that he was not her husband, and she begged him to go out into the woods with his beasts, and to look for his brother till he found him. Who acts: princess, fox. 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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 (princess, fox), 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:pg641:5:107 # text = But the princess knew that he was not her husband, and she begged him to go out into the woods with his beasts, and to look for his brother till he found him. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and 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 4 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 18 out out ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 beasts beast NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 till till SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the princess | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **is a** | past | fox | princess's husband | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | princess | | fox | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **go out** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | the woods | | with fox's beasts; out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with beast=Co-Agent | | 5 | **look** | to-infinitive | the princess *not said here* | | | | | for fox's brother | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for brother=Theme | | 6 | **find** | past | fox | husband | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/108/) - ↑ back to [The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/5/)