--- title: Not far from here there stands a castle, in which the king’s daughte… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Not far from here there stands a castle, in which the king’s daughter lives; we are at war with the king, and want to get the upper hand of him by carrying off the princess, but the castle is so well guarded that there is no getting into it. Who acts: daughter, we. 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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 (daughter, we), 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:pg2435:30:23 # text = Not far from here there stands a castle, in which the king’s daughter lives; we are at war with the king, and want to get the upper hand of him by carrying off the princess, but the castle is so well guarded that there is no getting into it. 1 Not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 6 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nmod _ _ 35 by by SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 37 off off ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux:pass _ _ 45 so so ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 47 advmod _ _ 47 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 50 expl _ _ 50 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 47 advcl _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 52 det _ _ 52 getting get VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 50 ccomp _ _ 53 into into ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | | a castle | | | | far *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus | | 2 | **live** | present | the king's daughter | | | a castle | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 3 | **is** | present | we | | | war | | with the king | tree rules | | 4 | **want** | present | | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the upper hand of king | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hand=Stimulus | | 6 | **carry off** | gerund | | the princess | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 7 | **guard** | present · passive | | the castle | | | | well *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 8 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 9 | **get** | gerund | | | | hand | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into it=Destination | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/24/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/30/)