--- title: Before the castle gate all was as the fox had said: so the son went… — Grimms' Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Before the castle gate all was as the fox had said: so the son went in and found the chamber where the golden bird hung in a wooden cage, and below stood the golden cage, and the three golden apples that had been lost were lying close by it. Who acts: son, golden bird, three golden apples. 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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 (son, golden bird, three golden apples), 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:pg2591:2:27 # text = Before the castle gate all was as the fox had said: so the son went in and found the chamber where the golden bird hung in a wooden cage, and below stood the golden cage, and the three golden apples that had been lost were lying close by it. 1 Before before ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 fox fox NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 26 advmod _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl:relcl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 below below ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nummod _ _ 42 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 apples apple NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 46 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 lying lie VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 50 close close ADV RB Degree=Pos 49 advmod _ _ 51 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the fox | | | before the castle gate | all *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 2 | **go in** | past | the son | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **find** | past | the son *not said here* | the chamber | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamber=Topic | | 4 | **hang** | participle | the golden bird | | | a wooden cage | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cage=Location | | 5 | **stand** | past | the son *not said here* | the golden cage | | | | below *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cage=Stimulus | | 6 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive | | the three golden apples | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **lie** | past · progressive | the three golden apples | | | | | by bird; close *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by it=Location | 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:** «Grimms' Fairy Tales» by Jacob Grimm, Project Gutenberg book 2591 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/28/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Bird](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2591/2/)