--- title: When he had opened the door he stepped in first, and thought to cove… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had opened the door he stepped in first, and thought to cover the likeness so that the King might not perceive it; but it was hopeless: the King stood on tiptoe and looked over his shoulder. Who acts: Trusty, King, door. 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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 (Trusty, King, door), 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:pg503:41:23 # text = When he had opened the door he stepped in first, and thought to cover the likeness so that the King might not perceive it; but it was hopeless: the King stood on tiptoe and looked over his shoulder. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 opened open VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 advcl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 cover cover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 likeness likeness NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 24 mark _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 fixed _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 perceive perceive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 30 hopeless hopeless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 : : PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 35 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 tiptoe tiptoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 39 over over ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 shoulder shoulder NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past · perfect · passive | | Trusty | | | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme door=Destination | | 2 | **step** | past | Trusty | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in first=Trajectory | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Trusty *not said here* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **cover** | to-infinitive | Trusty *not said here* | the likeness | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme likeness=Destination | | 5 | **not** **perceive** | might | the King | door | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | door | | | | | hopeless *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **stand** | past | the King | | | tiptoe | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on tiptoe=Location | | 8 | **look** | past | the King *not said here* | | | | | over Trusty's shoulder | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent over shoulder=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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/24/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)