--- title: When he went to her room they would hardly let him in, it was so ear… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he went to her room they would hardly let him in, it was so early, but he said that the King had sent for Miranda, and she got up quickly and came out; a little black girl called Patypata held up her train, and her pet monkey and her little dog ran after her. 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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, Princesses, Captain, dream), 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:pg503:30:33 # text = When he went to her room they would hardly let him in, it was so early, but he said that the King had sent for Miranda, and she got up quickly and came out; a little black girl called Patypata held up her train, and her pet monkey and her little dog ran after her. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 9 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 Miranda Miranda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 37 out out ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 44 Patypata Patypata PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 xcomp _ _ 45 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 51 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 pet pet NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 monkey monkey NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 nsubj _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 55 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 58 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 59 after after ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | king | | | | | to dream's room | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **let in** | would | Princesses *= princess* | king | | | | hardly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | Captain | | | | | early *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | the King | | | | for Miranda | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **get up** | past | dream | | | | | quickly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **come out** | past | dream *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **call** | participle | | a little black girl *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **hold up** | past | a little black girl | dream's train | | | | | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot train=Theme | | 10 | **run** | past | dream's pet monkey and dream's little dog | | | | after dream | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/34/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/30/)