--- title: When he arrived at the gates of the castle he distributed the quarte… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he arrived at the gates of the castle he distributed the quarters of mutton among the four lions, and, passing through the midst of them bravely, got to the fountain, filled his bottle, and returned back as safe and sound as he went. Who acts: Prince. 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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 (Prince), 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:pg503:52:60 # text = When he arrived at the gates of the castle he distributed the quarters of mutton among the four lions, and, passing through the midst of them bravely, got to the fountain, filled his bottle, and returned back as safe and sound as he went. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 distributed distribute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 mutton mutton NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 among among ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 passing pass VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 ccomp _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nmod _ _ 29 bravely bravely ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 31 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 42 back back ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 43 as as ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 obl _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 sound sound VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | Prince | | | the gates of the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **distribute** | past | Prince | the quarters of mutton among the four lions | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme | | 3 | **pass** | gerund | | | | the midst of Lions | | bravely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through midst=Location | | 4 | **get** | past | | | | | | to the fountain | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **fill** | past | | Prince's bottle | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient | | 6 | **return back** | past | Prince *not said here* | | | | | as safe | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sound** | present | Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **go** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/61/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/52/)