--- title: When he reached the palace he knocked at the gate loudly with his cr… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he reached the palace he knocked at the gate loudly with his crook, and having mentioned the object of his visit, he was immediately conducted to the hall where the king's daughter sat ready prepared to see her lovers. Who acts: Jack, daughter. 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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 (Jack, daughter), 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:pg14241:33:134 # text = When he reached the palace he knocked at the gate loudly with his crook, and having mentioned the object of his visit, he was immediately conducted to the hall where the king's daughter sat ready prepared to see her lovers. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 crook crook NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 aux _ _ 18 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 27 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 conducted conduct VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 37 advmod _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 38 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ _ 39 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 xcomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | Jack | the palace | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 2 | **knock** | past | Jack | | | | | with Jack's crook; at the gate; loudly *property* | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent at gate=Patient with crook=Instrument | | 3 | **mention** *speech: other* | gerund · perfect | | the object of Jack's visit | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent object=Topic | | 4 | **conduct** | past · passive | | Jack | | the hall | | immediately *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to hall=Destination | | 5 | **sit** | past | the king's daughter | | | | | ready *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **prepare** | participle | the king's daughter *not said here* | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 7 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the king's daughter *not said here* | daughter's lovers | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lover=Stimulus | | 8 | **visit** | | Jack | | | | | | nom visit «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 133](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/133/) - next →: [sentence 135](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/135/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/33/)