--- title: ‘And now we will go to the King’s palace,’ said Dapplegrim—that was… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘And now we will go to the King’s palace,’ said Dapplegrim—that was the horse’s name, ‘but bear in mind that you must ask the King for a good stable and excellent fodder for me.’ Who acts: we, ‘, that, you. 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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 (we, ‘, that, you), 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:pg540:38:16 # text = ‘And now we will go to the King’s palace,’ said Dapplegrim—that was the horse’s name, ‘but bear in mind that you must ask the King for a good stable and excellent fodder for me.’ 1 ‘ ‘ PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 4 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 14 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 Dapplegrim Dapplegrim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 — - PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 bear bear NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 ccomp _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 fodder fodder NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | future | we | | | the King's palace | now | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ‘ | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | that | the horse's name | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | must | you | | the King | | | for a good stable and excellent fodder; for me | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/17/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)