--- title: He knocked at the door with his fist, and said that he wanted to ent… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He knocked at the door with his fist, and said that he wanted to enter; but the giant, to whom the castle belonged, only answered: “I know who you are. Who acts: prince, castle, I, you. 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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 (prince, castle, I, you), 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:pg2435:15:19 # text = He knocked at the door with his fist, and said that he wanted to enter; but the giant, to whom the castle belonged, only answered: “I know who you are. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knocked knock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 fist fist NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 parataxis _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 belonged belong VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 only only ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 30 : : PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 31 “ " PUNCT `` _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 34 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 33 ccomp _ _ 35 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 36 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 37 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **knock** | past | prince | | | | | with prince's fist; at the door | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent at door=Patient with fist=Instrument | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **want** | past | prince | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **enter** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **belong** | past | the castle | | | | | | vn attend-107.4-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **know** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | you | | | | | | 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:** «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/20/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/15/)