--- title: ‘But where is Kari Woodengown, then?’ asked the Prince, when all the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘But where is Kari Woodengown, then?’ asked the Prince, when all the others had tried on the shoe, for he understood the song of birds and it came to his mind what the bird had said. Who acts: others, Prince, bird, birds. 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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 (others, Prince, bird, birds), 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:pg540:30:82 # text = ‘But where is Kari Woodengown, then?’ asked the Prince, when all the others had tried on the shoe, for he understood the song of birds and it came to his mind what the bird had said. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 5 Kari Kari PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 6 Woodengown Woodengown PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 11 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 20 advmod _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 tried try VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 21 on on ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 shoe shoe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 understood understand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 42 obj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | then | where *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | the Prince | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient | | 3 | **try** | past · perfect | all others | | | the shoe | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **understand** | past | Prince | the song of birds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer song=Stimulus | | 5 | **come** | past | bird | | | Prince's mind | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mind=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · perfect · passive | | the bird | | | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Manner | | 7 | **sing** | | birds | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 8 | **mind** | | Prince | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/81/) - next →: [sentence 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/83/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/30/)