--- title: He instantly sent for his master builder, and bade him construct a s… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He instantly sent for his master builder, and bade him construct a strong castle on the top of a mountain, which should be fitted with the most precious things from the king’s own palace, and every kind of toy a child could wish to play with. Who acts: king, child. 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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 (king, child), 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:pg3282:24:122 # text = He instantly sent for his master builder, and bade him construct a strong castle on the top of a mountain, which should be fitted with the most precious things from the king’s own palace, and every kind of toy a child could wish to play with. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for 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 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 builder builder NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 construct construct VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 top top NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 conj _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 30 advmod _ _ 30 precious precious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ’s 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 wish wish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 xcomp _ _ 50 with with ADP IN _ 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | king | | | | | for king's master builder; instantly *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **construct** | present | king *not said here* | bade | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fit** | should · passive | | a strong castle | | | | with the precious things from the king's own palace | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **wish** | could | a child | every kind of toy | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **play** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/121/) - next →: [sentence 123](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/123/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/24/)