--- title: The King had come to request Prince Mannikin and the Princess to fol… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King had come to request Prince Mannikin and the Princess to follow him to the Council Chamber, which they did, not knowing that he meant to present the Prince to all the nobles assembled there as his son-in-law and successor. Who acts: King, Mannikin, nobles. 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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, Mannikin, nobles), 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:pg7277:17:57 # text = The King had come to request Prince Mannikin and the Princess to follow him to the Council Chamber, which they did, not knowing that he meant to present the Prince to all the nobles assembled there as his son-in-law and successor. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 request request VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:desc _ _ 8 Mannikin Mannikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 Chamber Chamber PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 obj _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 meant mean VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 to to SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 34 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 36 det:predet _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 37 assembled assemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 38 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 39 as as ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 successor successor NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · perfect | the King | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **request** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | Mannikin Prince and the Princess | | | | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent mannikin=Recipient | | 3 | **follow** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | Mannikin | | the Council Chamber | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme to chamber=Trajectory | | 4 | **do** | past | King | the Council Chamber | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 5 | **not** **know** | gerund | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **mean** | past | Mannikin | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **present** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* | the Prince | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | | 8 | **assemble** | past | all nobles | | | there | | as Mannikin's son in law and successor | vn herd-47.5.2 «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 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/58/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/17/)