--- title: When they grew up, he was suddenly seized with a wish to know if the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they grew up, he was suddenly seized with a wish to know if they, on their part, truly loved him, and he made up his mind that he would give his kingdom to whichever best proved her devotion. Who acts: daughters, King, her. 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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 (daughters, King, her), 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:pg7277:24:2 # text = When they grew up, he was suddenly seized with a wish to know if they, on their part, truly loved him, and he made up his mind that he would give his kingdom to whichever best proved her devotion. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 seized seize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 truly truly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 whichever whichever DET WDT PronType=Rel 41 obj _ _ 40 best well ADV RBS Degree=Sup 41 advmod _ _ 41 proved prove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 devotion devotion NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow up** | past | daughters *= daughter* | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **seize** | past · passive | | King | | | | with a wish; suddenly *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **know** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **love** | past | | King | | | | truly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 5 | **make up** | past | King | King's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 6 | **give** | would | King | King's kingdom | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 7 | **prove** | past | King *not said here* | whichever | | | | well *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent whichever=Theme devotion=Attribute | | 8 | **mind** | | King | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **devote** | | her *= she* | | | | | | nom devotion «feeling 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/24/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/24/3/) - ↑ back to [The Dirty Shepherdess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/24/)