--- title: He left his attendants in the hamlet, found the road the frog had de… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He left his attendants in the hamlet, found the road the frog had described to him, and followed it all alone, and at last he arrived at the gate of the castle, which was even more splendid than he had expected, for it was built of crystal, and all its ornaments were of massive gold. 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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 (child, castle, ornaments), 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:pg640:11:79 # text = He left his attendants in the hamlet, found the road the frog had described to him, and followed it all alone, and at last he arrived at the gate of the castle, which was even more splendid than he had expected, for it was built of crystal, and all its ornaments were of massive gold. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hamlet hamlet NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 frog frog NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 all all ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 alone alone ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 even even ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 41 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 42 than than SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 expected expect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 conj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 crystal crystal NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 55 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 57 det:predet _ _ 56 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 ornaments ornament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nsubj _ _ 58 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | past | child | child's attendants | | the hamlet | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent attendant=Theme in hamlet=Location | | 2 | **find** | past | child *not said here* | the road | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent road=Attribute clause=Theme | | 3 | **describe** | past · perfect · passive | | the frog | child | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: subject=Theme to he=be' | | 4 | **follow** | past | child *not said here* | FROG | | | | alone *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 5 | **arrive** | past | child | | | last | | at the gate of the castle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | the castle | | | | | splendid *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive | | child | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **build** | past · passive | | FROG | | | | of crystal | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 9 | **is** | past | FROG's ornaments | | | | | of massive gold | tree rules | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/80/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/11/)