--- title: He determined to go and see them, and to find out the truth for hims… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He determined to go and see them, and to find out the truth for himself; so one night, without saying anything to the Queen or his ministers, he set out for the palace where the two ladies lived, attended only by a small band of followers. Who acts: King, two ladies. 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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 (King, two ladies), 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:pg640:23:30 # text = He determined to go and see them, and to find out the truth for himself; so one night, without saying anything to the Queen or his ministers, he set out for the palace where the two ladies lived, attended only by a small band of followers. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 determined determine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 truth truth NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 without without SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 24 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 34 out out ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 38 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 42 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 attended attend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 45 only only ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 band band NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 followers follower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | past | King | | | | night | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | King *not said here* | inquiries *= inquiry* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **find out** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | the truth | | | | for King | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | King *not said here* | anything | the Queen | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Topic to queen=Recipient | | 6 | **set out** | past | King | | | | | for the palace | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **live** | past | the two ladies | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **attend** | participle | King *not said here* | | | | | by a small band of followers | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent by band=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 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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/31/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/)