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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 (king, turret), 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:pg22373:45:111 # text = In a Celtic story,[348] a king promises his daughter, and two-thirds of his kingdom, to anyone who can get her out of a turret which "was aloft, on the top of four carraghan towers." 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 348 348 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 7 punct _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 promises promise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 thirds third NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 conj _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 out out ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 turret turret NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 34 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 aloft aloft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 44 nummod _ _ 43 carraghan carraghan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 " " PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **promise** *speech: promise* | present | a king | two thirds of story's kingdom | story's daughter | a Celtic story | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme | | 2 | **get** | can | | daughter | | a turret | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | a turret | | | the top of four carraghan towers | | aloft *property* | tree rules | 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:** «Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore», Project Gutenberg book 22373 (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 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/110/) - next →: [sentence 112](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/112/) - ↑ back to [Magic and Witchcraft., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg22373/45/)