--- title: When he had walked all day he too came to the King’s palace, and the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he had walked all day he too came to the King’s palace, and the King was standing outside on the steps, and asked where he was going; and when the youth replied that he was going about in search of a place, the King said that he might enter into his service and watch his seven foals. 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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 (state, King, youth), 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:pg540:49:29 # text = When he had walked all day he too came to the King’s palace, and the King was standing outside on the steps, and asked where he was going; and when the youth replied that he was going about in search of a place, the King said that he might enter into his service and watch his seven foals. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 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 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 det _ _ 6 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl:unmarked _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 21 outside outside ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 31 advmod _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 37 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 37 advcl _ _ 42 about about ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 search search NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 51 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 acl:relcl _ _ 52 that that SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 ccomp _ _ 56 into into ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 watch watch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 55 conj _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 63 nmod:poss _ _ 62 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 nummod _ _ 63 foals foal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | past · perfect | state | | | | day | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | state | | | the King's palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **stand** | past · progressive | the King | | | | | on the steps; outside *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | state *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | state | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the youth | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **go** | past · progressive | state | | | | | about search of a place | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about search=Location | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | a place *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **enter** | might | state | | | state's service | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into service=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **watch** | infinitive | state *not said here* | state's seven foals | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foal=Theme | | 11 | **search** | | | a place | | | | | nom search «act transitive»: of=patient | | 12 | **service** | | state | | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/30/) - ↑ back to [The Seven Foals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/49/)