--- title: The king did his best to persuade his son from it, but in vain; so a… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king did his best to persuade his son from it, but in vain; so at last gave way and the prince set out with two horses, one loaded with money, the other for himself to ride upon. Who acts: king, one, son. 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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, one, son), 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:pg7439:23:34 # text = The king did his best to persuade his son from it, but in vain; so at last gave way and the prince set out with two horses, one loaded with money, the other for himself to ride upon. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 3 obj _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obl _ _ 20 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 25 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 26 out out ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nsubj _ _ 32 loaded load VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 nmod _ _ 38 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 nsubj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 42 upon upon ADP IN _ 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | the king | king's best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 2 | **persuade** | to-infinitive | the king *not said here* | king's son | | order | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 3 | **give** | past | | way and the prince | | last | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent way=Theme at last=Asset | | 4 | **set out** | participle | | way and the prince *not said here* | | | | with two horses | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **load** | participle | one | | | | | with money the other | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent with money=Theme | | 6 | **ride** | to-infinitive | son | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/35/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)