--- title: Now both the King and the Queen were very anxious to have children o… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: Now both the King and the Queen were very anxious to have children of their own, and also to perpetuate the fine breed represented by the mare and the dog; so the King posted a notice all over his kingdom, offering a very large reward to any Lama or other holy personage who could secure to him and t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/2/) [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/) / [Folk tales from Tibet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/) / [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/) / 2 # Folk tales from Tibet, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle., sentence 2 Now both the King and the Queen were very anxious to have children of their own, and also to perpetuate the fine breed represented by the mare and the dog; so the King posted a notice all over his kingdom, offering a very large reward to any Lama or other holy personage who could secure to him and to his horse and dog the birth of children. **Who acts:** King, other holy personage · **What happens:** be, have, perpetuate, represent, post, offer · **To what, where:** children, fine breed, notice, kingdom, large reward, dog This is a sentence of «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, other holy personage), 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:pg75000:17:2 # text = Now both the King and the Queen were very anxious to have children of their own, and also to perpetuate the fine breed represented by the mare and the dog; so the King posted a notice all over his kingdom, offering a very large reward to any Lama or other holy personage who could secure to him and to his horse and dog the birth of children. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 4 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 9 very very ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 anxious anxious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 also also ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 perpetuate perpetuate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 breed breed NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 25 represented represent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 mare mare NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 posted post VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 all all ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 very very ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 51 det _ _ 51 Lama lama NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 52 or or CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 54 holy holy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 personage personage NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 56 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 58 nsubj _ _ 57 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 secure secure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 acl:relcl _ _ 59 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 to to ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 64 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 conj _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 birth birth NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King and the Queen | | | | | anxious *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | the King and the Queen *not said here* | children of King's own | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Patient | | 3 | **perpetuate** | to-infinitive | the King and the Queen *not said here* | the fine breed | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent breed=Patient | | 4 | **represent** | participle | | the fine breed *not said here* | | | | by the mare and the dog | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **post** | past | the King | a notice | | dog's kingdom | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 6 | **offer** | gerund | the King *not said here* | a large reward | | | | to any Lama or other holy personage and dog's horse and dog; the birth of children *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent reward=Goal birth=Theme | | 7 | **secure** | could | other holy personage | | dog | | | | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to he=Co-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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/3/) - ↑ back to [The Prince and the Ogre’s Castle.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/17/)