--- title: From the windows of the King’s palace many persons had seen Minnikin… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: From the windows of the King’s palace many persons had seen Minnikin come sailing thither, and had stood to watch him; and they were all so astounded that they ran down to see what manner of man this could be who came sailing in a ship through the air. Who acts: Minnikin, persons. 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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 (Minnikin, persons), 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:pg540:44:106 # text = From the windows of the King’s palace many persons had seen Minnikin come sailing thither, and had stood to watch him; and they were all so astounded that they ran down to see what manner of man this could be who came sailing in a ship through the air. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 9 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 Minnikin Minnikin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 15 sailing sail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 xcomp _ _ 16 thither thither ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 stood stand VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 23 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 28 all all ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 astounded astound VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 34 down down ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ _ 37 what what DET WDT PronType=Int 38 det _ _ 38 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 obj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 45 cop _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 46 sailing sail VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 45 xcomp _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 ship ship NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 50 through through ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past · perfect · passive | | many persons | | the windows of the King's palace | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | present | Minnikin | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sail** | gerund | Minnikin *not said here* | | | | | thither *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **stand** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **watch** | to-infinitive | | MINNIKIN | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | persons *= person* | | | | | all, astound *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **run down** | past | persons *= person* | | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | to-infinitive | persons *= person* *not said here* | what manner of man | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | could | | | | | | come *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **sail** | gerund | | | | a ship | | through the air | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through air=Trajectory | 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 105](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/105/) - next →: [sentence 107](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/107/) - ↑ back to [Mother Holle, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/44/)