--- title: And when the youth inquired if he could have a place in the King’s p… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And when the youth inquired if he could have a place in the King’s palace, the King was so delighted that he could have danced on the steps where he was standing, and there and then the lad was told that he should have a place. Who acts: youth, King. 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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 (youth, King), 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:pg540:38:21 # text = And when the youth inquired if he could have a place in the King’s palace, the King was so delighted that he could have danced on the steps where he was standing, and there and then the lad was told that he should have a place. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 inquired inquire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 if if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux _ _ 27 danced dance VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 34 advmod _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 27 advcl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 39 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 43 advmod _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 lad lad NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 conj _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 ccomp _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | participle | the youth | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | youth | a place | | the King's palace | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **dance** | could · perfect | King | | | | | on the steps | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on step=Location | | 5 | **stand** | past · progressive | King | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | the lad | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **have** | should | King | a place | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/22/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)