--- title: As the door was open he walked in, but a lovely maiden met him and i… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As the door was open he walked in, but a lovely maiden met him and implored him to go back, for the owner of the castle was a dragon with six heads, who had stolen her from her home and brought her down to this underground spot. Who acts: door, fellow, lovely maiden, owner. 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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 (door, fellow, lovely maiden, owner), 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:pg2435:31:65 # text = As the door was open he walked in, but a lovely maiden met him and implored him to go back, for the owner of the castle was a dragon with six heads, who had stolen her from her home and brought her down to this underground spot. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 8 in in ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 18 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 21 back back ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 owner owner NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 parataxis _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 down down ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 50 det _ _ 49 underground underground ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the door | | | | | open *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **walk in** | past | fellow | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **meet** | past | a lovely maiden | fellow | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 4 | **implore** | past | a lovely maiden *not said here* | fellow | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go back** | to-infinitive | a lovely maiden *not said here* | | | | | with six heads | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **is a** | past | the owner of the castle | a dragon | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **steal** | past · perfect | six heads | maiden | | maiden's home | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from home=Source | | 8 | **bring down** | past | six heads *not said here* | maiden | | this underground spot | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to spot=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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/66/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/31/)