--- title: Then she silently left the room, and next morning when the nurse ask… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she silently left the room, and next morning when the nurse asked the sentries if they had seen any one go into the castle that night, they all said, ‘No, we saw no one at all.’ Who acts: nurse, sentries, one, we. 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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 (nurse, sentries, one, we), 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:pg540:10:101 # text = Then she silently left the room, and next morning when the nurse asked the sentries if they had seen any one go into the castle that night, they all said, ‘No, we saw no one at all.’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 silently silently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 11 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 sentries sentry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 17 if if SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 28 det _ _ 28 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 advmod _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 38 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 38 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | nurse | the room | | | then; morning | silently *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent room=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the nurse | the sentries | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sentry=Recipient | | 3 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | sentries *= sentry* | any one | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** | infinitive | any one *not said here* | | | the castle that night | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into castle=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | sentries *= sentry* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** | past | we | no one | | all | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/100/) - next →: [sentence 102](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/102/) - ↑ back to [Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/)