--- title: 'He is at the knight's castle trying to fashion gold and silver into… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'He is at the knight's castle trying to fashion gold and silver into a cap for the youngest daughter, like unto the caps that her sisters wear, such as are not to be found in all this land. Who acts: husband, castle, sisters. 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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 (husband, castle, sisters), 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:pg3027:6:13 # text = 'He is at the knight's castle trying to fashion gold and silver into a cap for the youngest daughter, like unto the caps that her sisters wear, such as are not to be found in all this land. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 knight knight NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 fashion fashion VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 like like ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 unto unto ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 caps cap NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 32 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 33 as as ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 37 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 42 det _ _ 42 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | husband | | | the knight's castle | | | tree rules | | 2 | **try** | gerund | the knight's castle *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **fashion** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the knight's castle *not said here* | gold and silver | | a cap | | for the youngest daughter; like the caps | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.product PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gold=Material into cap=Product for daughter=Beneficiary | | 4 | **wear** | present | woman's sisters | the caps *not said here* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cap=Theme | | 5 | **not** **find** | present · passive | the knight's castle *not said here* | | | all land | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF» | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/14/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/6/)