--- title: So he rode away, and when he came in front of the castle and saw the… — Grimm's Fairy Stories · tree and pragmatics description: So he rode away, and when he came in front of the castle and saw the fine golden road he thought it would be a shame to ride thereon, and so he turned to the left hand and rode up out of the road. Who acts: kingdom, castle. 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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 (kingdom, castle), 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:pg11027:17:66 # text = So he rode away, and when he came in front of the castle and saw the fine golden road he thought it would be a shame to ride thereon, and so he turned to the left hand and rode up out of the road. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 away away ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 9 advmod _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 24 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 shame shame NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 ccomp _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 thereon thereon ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 left left ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 out out ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride away** | past | kingdom | | | | | away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **come** | past | kingdom | | | front of the castle | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location | | 3 | **see** | past | kingdom *not said here* | the fine golden road | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | kingdom | the fine golden road *not said here* | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot road=Theme | | 5 | **is a** | would | castle | a shame | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **ride** | to-infinitive | kingdom *not said here* | | | | | thereon *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **turn** | past | kingdom | | | the left hand | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to hand=Trajectory | | 8 | **ride up** | past | kingdom *not said here* | | | the road | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out road=Trajectory | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/67/) - ↑ back to [The Water of Life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg11027/17/)