--- title: The youth went to the King and asked for all the things that Dappleg… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The youth went to the King and asked for all the things that Dapplegrim had named, and once more, as the King thought that it would be disgraceful to refuse them to him, he obtained them all. Who acts: youth, King, it, Dapplegrim. 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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, it, Dapplegrim), 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:pg540:38:63 # text = The youth went to the King and asked for all the things that Dapplegrim had named, and once more, as the King thought that it would be disgraceful to refuse them to him, he obtained them all. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 12 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 13 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 obj _ _ 14 Dapplegrim Dapplegrim PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 20 advmod _ _ 20 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 25 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 cop _ _ 30 disgraceful disgraceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 ccomp _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 refuse refuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 xcomp _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 39 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | the youth | | | | | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the youth *not said here* | | | | | for all things | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **name** | past · perfect · passive | | Dapplegrim | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme that=Attribute | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the King | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | would | it | | | | | disgraceful *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **refuse** | to-infinitive | | barrels *= barrel* | King | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **obtain** | past | Dapplegrim | barrels *= barrel* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/64/) - ↑ back to [The Three Dwarfs, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/38/)