--- title: When Arthur reached the castle, the youths were shooting in the same… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When Arthur reached the castle, the youths were shooting in the same place, and the same yellow man was standing by, and as soon as he beheld Arthur he greeted him and invited him in, and they entered together. Who acts: Arthur, youths, same yellow man, man. 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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 (Arthur, youths, same yellow man, man), 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:pg3454:31:37 # text = When Arthur reached the castle, the youths were shooting in the same place, and the same yellow man was standing by, and as soon as he beheld Arthur he greeted him and invited him in, and they entered together. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 youths youth NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 shooting shoot VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 advcl _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 as as ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 30 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 31 Arthur Arthur PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 greeted greet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 in in ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 43 together together ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 30 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | Arthur | the castle | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent castle=Theme | | 2 | **shoot** | past · progressive | the youths | | | the same place | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in place=Destination | | 3 | **stand by** | past · progressive | the same yellow man | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **behold** | past | man | Arthur | | | | soon *property* | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arthur=Stimulus | | 5 | **greet** *speech: greet* | past | man | | Kynon | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **invite** | past | man *not said here* | | man | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 7 | **enter** | past | youths *= youth* | | | | | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/38/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/31/)