--- title: When he had roamed about for some time he came to the King’s palace,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had roamed about for some time he came to the King’s palace, where he obtained a place under the coachman; and very brisk and active he was, and the horses that he looked after were so fat and sleek, that they shone again. Who acts: man, horses. 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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 (man, horses), 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:pg540:47:5 # text = When he had roamed about for some time he came to the King’s palace, where he obtained a place under the coachman; and very brisk and active he was, and the horses that he looked after were so fat and sleek, that they shone again. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 roamed roam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 about about ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 19 advmod _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 under under ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 coachman coachman NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 brisk brisk ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 active active ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 40 after after ADP IN _ 39 compound:prt _ _ 41 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 sleek sleek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 shone shine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 50 again again ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roam** | past · perfect | man | | | | time | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | man | some time *not said here* | | | | to the King's palace | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme | | 3 | **obtain** | past | man | a place | | the coachman | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | man *not said here* | | | | | active *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **look after** | past | the horses | | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | the horses | | | | | fat *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | the horses *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **shine** | past | horses *= horse* | | | | again | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/6/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)