--- title: When they had got there, the West Wind asked him if he could tell he… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they had got there, the West Wind asked him if he could tell her the way to the castle that lay east of the sun and west of the moon, for she was the girl who ought to marry the Prince who lived there. Who acts: curtains, West Wind, Wind, castle. 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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 (curtains, West Wind, Wind, castle), 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:pg503:4:91 # text = When they had got there, the West Wind asked him if he could tell her the way to the castle that lay east of the sun and west of the moon, for she was the girl who ought to marry the Prince who lived there. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 West West PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Wind Wind PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 east east ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 west west ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 moon moon NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 advcl _ _ 39 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 40 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 46 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 ccomp _ _ 47 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · perfect | curtains *= curtain* | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the West Wind | | bundle | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* *a condition, not said to happen* | could | Wind | the way | girl | | | to the castle | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient way=Topic | | 4 | **lie** | past | the castle | the sun and the moon | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sun=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | girl | | | | | for the girl | tree rules | | 6 | **marry** | ought | the girl | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | past | the Prince | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/92/) - ↑ back to [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/4/)