--- title: He never left her side as they passed through the castle rooms; and… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He never left her side as they passed through the castle rooms; and all the people gazed at her, and wondered who the lovely maiden was, and from what castle she came; but no one knew her—no one knew anything about her. Who acts: King, steeds, people, lovely maiden. 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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, steeds, people, lovely maiden), 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:pg540:14:48 # text = He never left her side as they passed through the castle rooms; and all the people gazed at her, and wondered who the lovely maiden was, and from what castle she came; but no one knew her—no one knew anything about her. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 through through ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 18 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 wondered wonder VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Int 23 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 18 parataxis _ _ 33 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 39 det _ _ 39 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 — - PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 44 det _ _ 44 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 46 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 obj _ _ 47 about about ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **leave** | past | King | girl's side | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme | | 2 | **pass** | past | steeds *= steed* | | | the castle rooms | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through room=Location | | 3 | **gaze** | past | all people | | | | | at girl | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | | 4 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past | all people *not said here* | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **is a** | past | the lovely maiden | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **come** | past | castle | castle *not said here* | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location castle=Theme | | 7 | **know** | past | no one | girl | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 8 | **know** | past | no one | anything | | | | about girl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/14/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/14/49/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Birch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/14/)