--- title: The third said: “My gift shall be none of the least, as she is a kin… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The third said: “My gift shall be none of the least, as she is a king's daughter, I'll weird her so fortunate that she shall become queen to the greatest prince that reigns.” Who acts: third, gift, greatest prince, My. 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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 (third, gift, greatest prince, My), 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:pg7439:49:27 # text = The third said: “My gift shall be none of the least, as she is a king's daughter, I'll weird her so fortunate that she shall become queen to the greatest prince that reigns.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 third third NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ 5 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 8 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 cop _ _ 10 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 3 ccomp _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 's 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 26 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 27 so so ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 fortunate fortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 33 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 xcomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 greatest great ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 amod _ _ 37 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 39 reigns reign VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the third | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | shall | My gift | none | | | | of the least | tree rules | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | third | | | | | as a king's daughter | tree rules | | 4 | **become** *in a quote* | shall | third | queen to the greatest prince | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **reign** *in a quote* | present | the greatest prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **gift** *in a quote* | | My | | | | | | nom gift «possession 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:** «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/28/) - ↑ back to [The Three Heads of the Well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/49/)