--- title: "Well," said the son of the king of Emania, "when I find the lady th… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: "Well," said the son of the king of Emania, "when I find the lady that shoe will fit, I'll fight for her, never fear, before I leave her to any of you." Who acts: son, lady. 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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 (son, lady), 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:pg7885:23:82 # text = "Well," said the son of the king of Emania, "when I find the lady that shoe will fit, I'll fight for her, never fear, before I leave her to any of you." 1 " " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 " " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Emania Emania PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 " " PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 fit fit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 fear fear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 27 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 before before SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the son of the king of Emania | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** *in a quote* | present | the son of the king of Emania *= son* | the lady | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Topic | | 3 | **fit** *in a quote* | future | the lady | | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fight** *in a quote* | future | the son of the king of Emania *= son* | | | | | for lady | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **fear** *in a quote* | infinitive | | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **leave** *in a quote* | present | the son of the king of Emania *= son* | lady | any | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to any=Recipient | 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/83/) - ↑ back to [Fair, Brown, and Trembling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/23/)