--- title: But the King replied: “I have seen the whole castle, and shall find… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But the King replied: “I have seen the whole castle, and shall find out what is in there”; and with these words he approached the door and wanted to force it open. Who acts: King. 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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), 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:pg503:41:17 # text = But the King replied: “I have seen the whole castle, and shall find out what is in there”; and with these words he approached the door and wanted to force it open. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 6 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 ccomp _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 17 out out ADP RP _ 16 compound:prt _ _ 18 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 21 nsubj _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ” " PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 27 det _ _ 27 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 force force VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the King *= king* | the whole castle | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=Stimulus | | 3 | **find out** *in a quote* | shall | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **approach** | past | king | the door | | | | with this words | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent door=Theme with word=Instrument | | 6 | **want** | past | king *not said here* | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **force** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | king *not said here* | door | | | | open *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/18/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)