--- title: At last he reached the capital of his father’s kingdom, but on reach… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last he reached the capital of his father’s kingdom, but on reaching the place where the royal palace had stood, instead of the marble galleries where he used to play, there lay a great sulphur lake, its blue flames darting into the air. Who acts: prince, royal palace, blue flames, lake. 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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, royal palace, blue flames, lake), 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:pg2435:19:81 # text = At last he reached the capital of his father’s kingdom, but on reaching the place where the royal palace had stood, instead of the marble galleries where he used to play, there lay a great sulphur lake, its blue flames darting into the air. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 reached reach 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 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 14 on on SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 15 reaching reach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 23 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 29 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 galleries gallery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 36 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 37 expl _ _ 37 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 sulphur sulphur NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ _ 41 lake lake NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ _ 46 darting dart VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 acl _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | prince | the capital of prince's father's kingdom | | last | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent capital=Theme at last=Asset | | 2 | **reach** | gerund | | the place | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 3 | **stand** | past · perfect | the royal palace | | | | | instead the marble galleries | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **use** | past | prince | | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **play** | to-infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **lie** | past | prince *not said here* | a great sulphur lake lake's blue flames | | there | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lake=Theme | | 7 | **dart** | gerund | lake's blue flames *not said here* | | | the air | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into air=Destination | | 8 | **flame** | | lake | | | | | | nom flame «process intransitive»: 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:** «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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/82/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/19/)