--- title: The prince replied that it was a pity creditors should be so cruel,… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The prince replied that it was a pity creditors should be so cruel, and said: “Go bury the dead, and let his creditors come to my lodging, and there their debts shall be paid.” Who acts: prince, money, creditors. 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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 (prince, money, creditors), 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:pg7439:23:37 # text = The prince replied that it was a pity creditors should be so cruel, and said: “Go bury the dead, and let his creditors come to my lodging, and there their debts shall be paid.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 creditors creditor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 10 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 13 cop _ _ 12 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 20 bury bury VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 xcomp _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 creditors creditor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 28 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 ccomp _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 lodging lodging NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 39 expl _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 debts debt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the prince | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | should · past | money | | | | | cruel *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **bury** *in a quote* | infinitive | | the dead | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dead=Theme | | 6 | **let** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **come** *in a quote* | present | prince's creditors | | | my lodging | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to lodging=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **pay** *in a quote* | shall · passive | | creditors's debts | | there | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/38/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)