--- title: When they came near the castle where the brothers were to meet, the… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they came near the castle where the brothers were to meet, the Princess got into a chair carried by four of the guards; it was hewn out of one splendid crystal, and had silken curtains, which she drew round her that she might not be seen. Who acts: shoes, brothers, Princess. 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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 (shoes, brothers, Princess), 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:pg503:25:9 # text = When they came near the castle where the brothers were to meet, the Princess got into a chair carried by four of the guards; it was hewn out of one splendid crystal, and had silken curtains, which she drew round her that she might not be seen. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 hewn hewn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 33 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 38 silken silken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 44 round round ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 51 advmod _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | shoes *= shoe* | | | the castle | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near castle=Location | | 2 | **meet** | past | the brothers | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **get** | past | the Princess | | | a chair | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into chair=Destination | | 4 | **carry** | participle | | a chair *not said here* | | | | by four of the guards | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **hewn out** | past · passive | | journey | | one splendid crystal | | | tree rules | | 6 | **have** | past | the Princess *not said here* | silken curtains | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Patient | | 7 | **draw** | past | Princess | silken curtains | | | | round child | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 8 | **not** **see** | might · passive | | Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/10/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/)