--- title: The King and Prince parted with much regret, and the former insisted… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King and Prince parted with much regret, and the former insisted that Mannikin should take with him one of his own pages, named Mousta, who was charged to attend to him everywhere, and serve him faithfully, which he promised to do. Who acts: King, former, Mannikin. 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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 (King, former, Mannikin), 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:pg7277:15:28 # text = The King and Prince parted with much regret, and the former insisted that Mannikin should take with him one of his own pages, named Mousta, who was charged to attend to him everywhere, and serve him faithfully, which he promised to do. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 parted part VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 regret regret NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 former former ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nsubj _ _ 13 insisted insist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 15 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 ccomp _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 23 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 pages page NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 27 Mousta Mousta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 charged charge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **part** | past | the King and Prince | | | | | with much regret | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with regret=Co-Patient | | 2 | **insist** *speech: other* | past | the former | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **take** | should | Mannikin | one of King's own pages | | | | with King | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | | 4 | **name** | participle | | King's own pages *not said here* | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **charge** | past · passive | | Mousta | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **attend** | to-infinitive | | | King | | | everywhere *property* | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to he=Theme | | 7 | **serve** | infinitive | | King | | | | faithfully *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 8 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | King | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent which=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **page** | | King | | | | | | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/29/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)