--- title: Capital!" said the King, "this shall carry me to my castle," and he… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: Capital!" said the King, "this shall carry me to my castle," and he tried to mount; but the faithful John came straight up, and swinging himself quickly on, drew the firearms out of the holster and shot the horse dead. Who acts: Capital, King, faithful John. 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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 (Capital, King, faithful John), 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:pg11027:16:76 # text = Capital!" said the King, "this shall carry me to my castle," and he tried to mount; but the faithful John came straight up, and swinging himself quickly on, drew the firearms out of the holster and shot the horse dead. 1 Capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ! ! PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 11 nsubj _ _ 10 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 ccomp _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 mount mount VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 29 straight straight ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 up up ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 33 swinging swing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 34 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obj _ _ 35 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 on on ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 38 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 firearms firearm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 out out ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 holster holster NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 shot shoot VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Capital | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **carry** | shall | the King | me | | my castle | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to castle=Destination | | 3 | **try** *in a quote* | past | King | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **mount** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **come** *in a quote* | past | the faithful John | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **swing** *in a quote* | gerund | | John | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | | 7 | **draw** *in a quote* | past | the faithful John *not said here* | the firearms | | the holster | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent firearm=Theme out holster=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **shoot** *in a quote* | past | the faithful John *not said here* | the horse | | | | dead *property* | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme | 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:** «Grimm's Fairy Stories» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 11027 (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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/77/) - ↑ back to [Faithful John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/16/)