--- title: When he reached the palace he asked for Miranda, but by this time ev… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he reached the palace he asked for Miranda, but by this time everyone had heard the story of her adventures, and did not want her to go back again to the King of the Sheep, so they refused sternly to let him see her. Who acts: face, everyone, sister, Sheep. 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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 (face, everyone, sister, Sheep), 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:pg503:32:19 # text = When he reached the palace he asked for Miranda, but by this time everyone had heard the story of her adventures, and did not want her to go back again to the King of the Sheep, so they refused sternly to let him see her. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 3 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Miranda Miranda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 15 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 parataxis _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 adventures adventure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 so so ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 43 sternly sternly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | past | face | the palace | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | face | | | | | for Miranda | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | everyone | the story of sister's adventures | | | time | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | everyone *not said here* | sister | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | sister *not said here* | | | | again | to the King of the Sheep *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to king=Result | | 6 | **refuse** | past | Sheep | | | | | sternly *property* | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **let** | to-infinitive | Sheep *not said here* | face | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **see** | infinitive | face *not said here* | sister | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 9 | **adventure** | | sister | | | | | | nom adventure «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 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/20/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/32/)