--- title: The daughter of the king of France is to be married to-night, the ha… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The daughter of the king of France is to be married to-night, the handsomest woman that the sun ever saw, and we must do our best to bring her with us; if we're only able to carry her off; and you must come with us that we may be able to put the young girl up behind you on the horse, when we'll be b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/74/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/) / 74 # Celtic Fairy Tales, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1, sentence 74 The daughter of the king of France is to be married to-night, the handsomest woman that the sun ever saw, and we must do our best to bring her with us; if we're only able to carry her off; and you must come with us that we may be able to put the young girl up behind you on the horse, when we'll be bringing her away, for it's not lawful for us to put her sitting behind ourselves. **Who acts:** sun, we, you, rath, us · **What happens:** marry, see, do, bring, be, carry off · **To what, where:** daughter, handsomest woman, best, sun, young girl This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sun, we, you, rath), 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:pg7885:4:74 # text = The daughter of the king of France is to be married to-night, the handsomest woman that the sun ever saw, and we must do our best to bring her with us; if we're only able to carry her off; and you must come with us that we may be able to put the young girl up behind you on the horse, when we'll be bringing her away, for it's not lawful for us to put her sitting behind ourselves. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 France France PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ SpaceAfter=No 13 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 handsomest handsome ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 18 amod _ _ 18 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ _ 23 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 29 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 28 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 csubj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 if if SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 xcomp _ _ 44 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 off off ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 obl _ _ 53 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 54 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 57 cop _ _ 57 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 advcl _ _ 58 to to PART TO _ 59 mark _ _ 59 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 xcomp _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 61 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 62 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ _ 63 up up ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 64 behind behind ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 59 obl _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 70 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 74 advmod _ _ 71 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 73 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 74 aux _ _ 74 bringing bring VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ _ 75 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obj _ _ 76 away away ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 82 punct _ _ 78 for for SCONJ IN _ 82 mark _ _ 79 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 82 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 80 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 82 cop _ _ 81 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 82 advmod _ _ 82 lawful lawful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 conj _ _ 83 for for SCONJ IN _ 86 mark _ _ 84 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 86 nsubj _ _ 85 to to PART TO _ 86 mark _ _ 86 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 82 advcl _ _ 87 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 86 obj _ _ 88 sitting sit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 86 xcomp _ _ 89 behind behind ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 90 ourselves ourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 88 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 91 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **marry** | present · passive | | the daughter of the king of France | | | night | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **see** | past | the sun | the handsomest woman *not said here* | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | | 3 | **do** | must | we | our best | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality | | 4 | **bring** | to-infinitive | | | sun | | | with us | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 5 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | we | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **carry off** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | sun | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **come** | must | you | | | | | with us | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | may | we | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **put** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the young girl | | | | behind you; on the horse | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme on horse=Destination | | 10 | **bring away** | future · progressive | we | | sun | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 11 | **not** **is** | present | rath | | | | | lawful *property* | tree rules | | 12 | **put** | to-infinitive | us | sun | | | | | tree rules | | 13 | **sit** | gerund | us *not said here* | | | | | behind ourselves | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind ourselves=Location | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/75/) - ↑ back to [Connla and the Fairy Maiden, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/4/)