--- title: The Fairy King, however, insisted upon her carrying out her share of… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Fairy King, however, insisted upon her carrying out her share of the bargain, so leaving his daughter with the Boy, he again turned himself into a Drake and, flying up into the sky, he disappeared from view. Who acts: Fairy King, Boy, girl. 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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 (Fairy King, Boy, girl), 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:pg75000:16:49 # text = The Fairy King, however, insisted upon her carrying out her share of the bargain, so leaving his daughter with the Boy, he again turned himself into a Drake and, flying up into the sky, he disappeared from view. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 however however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 insisted insist VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 out out ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 share share NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Boy Boy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 again again ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 29 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 28 obj _ _ 30 into into ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Drake drake NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 36 up up ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 view view NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **insist** *speech: other* | participle | the Fairy King | | | | | however *property* | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **carry out** | gerund | the Fairy King *not said here* | girl's share of the bargain | | | | girl *nmod:poss* | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Eventuality | | 3 | **leave** | gerund | the Fairy King *not said here* | | King's daughter | | | with the Boy | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent daughter=Recipient with boy=Theme | | 4 | **turn** | past | Boy | Boy | | a Drake | again | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent himself=Theme into drake=Trajectory | | 5 | **fly up** | gerund | Boy *not said here* | | | | | into the sky *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into sky=Result | | 6 | **disappear** | past | Boy | | | view | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from view=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **share** | | girl | the bargain | | | | | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/50/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)