--- title: The Captain of the Guard begged Miranda to come down into the garden… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Captain of the Guard begged Miranda to come down into the garden where the King was enjoying the fresh air, and when they got there, he pretended to search for him, but as he was not to be found, he said: Who acts: Captain, King, monkey. 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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 (Captain, King, monkey), 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:pg503:30:35 # text = The Captain of the Guard begged Miranda to come down into the garden where the King was enjoying the fresh air, and when they got there, he pretended to search for him, but as he was not to be found, he said: 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Captain Captain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Guard Guard PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 Miranda Miranda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 10 down down ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 into into ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 enjoying enjoy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 26 advmod _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 27 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 pretended pretend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 search search VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | the Captain of the Guard | | Miranda | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent miranda=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **come down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Captain of the Guard *not said here* | | | the garden | | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into garden=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **enjoy** | past · progressive | the King | the fresh air | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus | | 4 | **get** | past | monkey | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **pretend** | past | king | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **search** | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | | | | | for king | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 7 | **not** **find** | past · passive | | king | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=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 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. - 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