--- title: He arrived thus at the capital, and threaded his way straight up the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He arrived thus at the capital, and threaded his way straight up the High Street, still running and singing ‘Quack, quack, quack, when shall I get my money back?’ to the great astonishment of the good folks, till he came to the King’s palace. Who acts: Drakestail, I. 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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 (Drakestail, I), 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:pg540:31:43 # text = He arrived thus at the capital, and threaded his way straight up the High Street, still running and singing ‘Quack, quack, quack, when shall I get my money back?’ to the great astonishment of the good folks, till he came to the King’s palace. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 threaded thread VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 straight straight ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 13 up up ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 High high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Street Street PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 22 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 Quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 quack quack NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 33 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ? ? PUNCT . _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 folks folk NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 till till SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 50 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’s 's PART POS _ 52 case _ _ 54 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | Drakestail | | | the capital | | thus *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **thread** | past | Drakestail *not said here* | Drakestail's way | | | | up the High Street | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient | | 3 | **run** | gerund | Drakestail *not said here* | | | | still | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | Drakestail *not said here* | Quack and quack and quack | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location quack=Theme | | 5 | **get back** | shall | I | my money | | | | to the great astonishment of the good folks | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | | 6 | **come** | past | Drakestail | | | the King's palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **astonish** | | | the good folks | | | | | nom astonishment «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/31/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/31/44/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/31/)