--- title: At last there came to the palace an old woman, who told him that in… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last there came to the palace an old woman, who told him that in the whole world there was only one thing that could give him back his sight, and that was to get the bird Grip; his song would open the King’s eyes. Who acts: old woman, one thing, that, song. 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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 (old woman, one thing, that, song), 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:pg5615:14:87 # text = At last there came to the palace an old woman, who told him that in the whole world there was only one thing that could give him back his sight, and that was to get the bird Grip; his song would open the King’s eyes. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 obl _ _ 3 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 4 expl _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 13 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 iobj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 20 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 21 expl _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 22 only only ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 acl:relcl _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 back back ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 34 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Grip grip NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 song song NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | last; there | | to the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | a old woman | | king | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **give back** | could | one thing | king's sight | king | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient sight=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | that | | | | | get *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **open** | would | king's song | the King's eyes | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eye=Theme | | 6 | **sight** | | king | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **sing** | | king | | | | | | nom song «communication intransitive»: 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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/88/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/14/)