--- title: ‘That is the castle of Gwrnach the giant, as all the world knows,’ a… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘That is the castle of Gwrnach the giant, as all the world knows,’ answered the man, ‘but no guest ever returned thence alive, and none may enter the gate except a craftsman, who brings his trade.’ Who acts: That, world, castle, guest. 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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 (That, world, castle, guest), 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:pg3454:39:67 # text = ‘That is the castle of Gwrnach the giant, as all the world knows,’ answered the man, ‘but no guest ever returned thence alive, and none may enter the gate except a craftsman, who brings his trade.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Gwrnach Gwrnach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 15 punct _ _ 18 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 ‘ ‘ NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ _ 26 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 27 advmod _ _ 27 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 thence thence ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 32 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 34 nsubj _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 except except ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 craftsman craftsman NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 brings bring VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 trade trade NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | That | the castle | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **know** | present | all world | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the castle | | the man and ‘ but no guest | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **return** | past | no guest *not said here* | | | | ever | alive *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | may | none | the gate | | | | except a craftsman | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gate=Destination | | 6 | **bring** | present | a craftsman | castle's trade | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent trade=Theme | | 7 | **trade** | | castle | | | | | | nom trade «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 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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/68/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/39/)