--- title: Charming took the ring out of Dame Carp’s mouth, thanking her a thou… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Charming took the ring out of Dame Carp’s mouth, thanking her a thousand times, and he and tiny Frisk went straight to the palace, where someone told the Princess that he was asking to see her. Who acts: Charming, carp, someone. 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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 (Charming, carp, someone), 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:pg503:28:103 # text = Charming took the ring out of Dame Carp’s mouth, thanking her a thousand times, and he and tiny Frisk went straight to the palace, where someone told the Princess that he was asking to see her. 1 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 Dame Dame PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 Carp Carp PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ’s 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 10 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 thanking thank VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 advcl _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Frisk frisk NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 24 straight straight ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 30 someone someone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 31 nsubj _ _ 31 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Charming | the ring | | Dame Carp's mouth | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent ring=Theme out mouth=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund | Charming *not said here* | | Charming | | time | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **go** | past | carp | | | the palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | someone | | the Princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | carp | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | carp *not said here* | princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/102/) - next →: [sentence 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/104/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Pretty Goldilocks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/28/)