--- title: But when she had gone back to her cottage, he asked the king if he m… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when she had gone back to her cottage, he asked the king if he might fetch something that he had left in the garden, and when he was given permission, he pulled up his little sword, which he slid into the scabbard. Who acts: anger, Boy, little sword. 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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 (anger, Boy, little sword), 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:pg2435:6:103 # text = But when she had gone back to her cottage, he asked the king if he might fetch something that he had left in the garden, and when he was given permission, he pulled up his little sword, which he slid into the scabbard. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 back back ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 cottage cottage NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 if if SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 19 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 18 obj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 29 when when SCONJ WRB _ 32 mark _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 advcl _ _ 33 permission permission NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 pulled pull VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 slid slide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 acl:relcl _ _ 45 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 scabbard scabbard NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go back** | past · perfect | anger | | | | | to anger's cottage *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to cottage=Result | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Boy | | the king | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **fetch** *a condition, not said to happen* | might | Boy | something | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | past · perfect · passive | | | | the garden | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in garden=Location | | 5 | **give** | past · passive | | Boy | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient permission=Theme | | 6 | **pull up** | past | Boy | Boy's little sword | | | | | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **slide** | past | Boy's little sword | | | the scabbard | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into scabbard=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/104/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/6/)