--- title: And when he had become the fairy-prince, the ministers of the kingdo… — The grateful elephant · tree and pragmatics description: And when he had become the fairy-prince, the ministers of the kingdom came to him and said: “O fairy-prince, do reverence always to this wishing-tree, for it grants all desires, and cannot be resisted by any living creature. Who acts: father, ministers, fairy prince, reverence. A sentence of «The gr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/29/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The grateful elephant](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/) / [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/) / 29 # The grateful elephant, Opening, part 16, sentence 29 And when he had become the fairy-prince, the ministers of the kingdom came to him and said: “O fairy-prince, do reverence always to this wishing-tree, for it grants all desires, and cannot be resisted by any living creature. **Who acts:** father, ministers, fairy prince, reverence, living creature · **What happens:** become, come, say, do, grant, not resist · **To what, where:** fairy prince, father, reverence, desires · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Opening, part 16. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, ministers, fairy prince, reverence), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg74064:16:31 # text = And when he had become the fairy-prince, the ministers of the kingdom came to him and said: “O fairy-prince, do reverence always to this wishing-tree, for it grants all desires, and cannot be resisted by any living creature. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 22 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 O o INTJ UH _ 26 discourse _ _ 24 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 29 reverence reverence NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 35 advmod _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 33 wishing wishing NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 for for SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 grants grant VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 desires desire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 47 advmod _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 resisted resist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 48 by by ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 49 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 51 det _ _ 50 living living ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past · perfect | father | the fairy prince | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **come** | past | the ministers of the kingdom | | father | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to he=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the ministers of the kingdom *not said here* | | | | | fairy prince *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **do** *in a quote* | present | fairy prince *not said here* | reverence | | | | to this wishing tree | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reverence=Eventuality | | 5 | **grant** *in a quote* | present | reverence | all desires | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent desire=Theme | | 6 | **not** **resist** *in a quote* | can · passive | any living creature | | | | | | tree rules | 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 grateful elephant» by Eugene Watson Burlingame, Project Gutenberg book 74064 (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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/30/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg74064/16/)