--- title: The guards at the palace gate were asked if they had not seen a Prin… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The guards at the palace gate were asked if they had not seen a Princess go out; who said, they had seen nobody go out, but a young girl, very meanly dressed, and who had more the air of a poor country wench, than a gentle-woman. Who acts: guards, Princess, nobody. 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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 (guards, Princess, nobody), 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:pg29021:11:98 # text = The guards at the palace gate were asked if they had not seen a Princess go out; who said, they had seen nobody go out, but a young girl, very meanly dressed, and who had more the air of a poor country wench, than a gentle-woman. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 16 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 out out ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 20 ccomp _ _ 25 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 24 obj _ _ 26 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 out out ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 meanly meanly ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 41 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 amod _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 wench wench NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 than than ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 52 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · passive | | the guards at the palace gate | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | guards *= guard* | a Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go out** | infinitive | a Princess *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **see** | past · perfect | guards *= guard* | nobody | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **go out** | infinitive | nobody *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **dress** | participle | | | | | | meanly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **have** | past | | the more air of a poor country wench | | | | than a gentle woman | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient | 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/97/) - next →: [Prince Took Up Most Carefull…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/12/1/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)