--- title: In the centre of his own palace was a treasure chamber, and in this… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the centre of his own palace was a treasure chamber, and in this chamber the table, the cornet, and the bag were kept as the most prized of all his possessions, and not a week passed without a visit from king John to make sure they were safe. Who acts: centre, chamber, bag, table. 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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 (centre, chamber, bag, table), 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:pg3027:20:96 # text = In the centre of his own palace was a treasure chamber, and in this chamber the table, the cornet, and the bag were kept as the most prized of all his possessions, and not a week passed without a visit from king John to make sure they were safe. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 treasure treasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 chamber chamber NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 appos _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 cornet cornet NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl:relcl _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 31 advmod _ _ 31 prized prize VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 xcomp _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 40 advmod _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ _ 41 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 conj _ _ 42 without without ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 from from ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 47 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 appos _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 50 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 xcomp _ _ 51 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 53 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the centre of Jack's own palace | a treasure chamber | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **keep** | past · passive | this chamber and the table and the cornet *not said here* | the bag | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **prize** | participle | the bag *not said here* | | | | | of Jack's possessions | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **pass** | participle | the bag *not said here* | | | | week | without a visit from king | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | the bag *not said here* | | | | | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **is** | past | table | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **possess** | | Jack | | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/)