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title: Then Martin summoned the twelve youths, spoke to them, saying, ‘Buil… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Then Martin summoned the twelve youths, spoke to them, saying, ‘Build up my castle again, and join it to the King’s Palace with a crystal bridge; do not forget the trees with the golden and silver apples, and with the birds of Paradise in the branches; and put back the church with the five cupolas, 
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 201

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Then Martin summoned the twelve youths, spoke to them, saying, ‘Build up my castle again, and join it to the King’s Palace with a crystal bridge; do not forget the trees with the golden and silver apples, and with the birds of Paradise in the branches; and put back the church with the five cupolas, and let the bells ring out, summoning the people from the four corners of the kingdom.

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**Who acts:** Martin, bells · **What happens:** summon, speak, say, build up, join, not forget · **To what, where:** twelve youths, branches, counsellors, castle, Palace, trees · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Martin, bells), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:33:201
# text = Then Martin summoned the twelve youths, spoke to them, saying, ‘Build up my castle again, and join it to the King’s Palace with a crystal bridge; do not forget the trees with the golden and silver apples, and with the birds of Paradise in the branches; and put back the church with the five cupolas, and let the bells ring out, summoning the people from the four corners of the kingdom.
1	Then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
2	Martin	Martin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	summoned	summon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	youths	youth	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Build	build	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	ccomp	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	join	join	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
23	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	’s	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	Palace	Palace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	crystal	crystal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	36	punct	_	_
34	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	36	aux	_	_
35	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	36	advmod	_	_
36	forget	forget	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	conj	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obj	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
41	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	silver	silver	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	conj	_	_
44	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	Paradise	Paradise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	in	in	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	57	punct	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
58	back	back	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
61	with	with	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	64	nummod	_	_
64	cupolas	cupola	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
67	let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	57	conj	_	_
68	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	69	det	_	_
69	bells	bell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	nsubj	_	_
70	ring	ring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	67	ccomp	_	_
71	out	out	ADP	RP	_	70	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
73	summoning	summon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	70	advcl	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	obj	_	_
76	from	from	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
78	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	79	nummod	_	_
79	corners	corner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	obl	_	_
80	of	of	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
81	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
82	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **summon** | past | Martin | the twelve youths |  | the branches | then | with the birds of Paradise | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient |
| 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Martin *not said here* |  | counsellors *= counsellor* |  |  |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Martin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **build up** | infinitive |  | my castle |  |  | again |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer castle=Patient |
| 5 | **join** | infinitive |  | castle | the King's Palace |  |  | with a crystal bridge | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to palace=Co-Patient |
| 6 | **not** **forget** | infinitive · do-support |  | the trees |  |  |  | with the golden apples | tree rules |
| 7 | **put back** | infinitive | Martin *not said here* | the church |  |  |  | with the five cupolas | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent church=Goal |
| 8 | **let** | infinitive | Martin *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **ring out** | present | the bells |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 10 | **summon** | gerund | the bells *not said here* |  | the people | the four corners of the kingdom |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Recipient |

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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.

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**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.

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