--- title: When he arrived at the gates of the castle, he distributed the quart… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: When he arrived at the gates of the castle, he distributed the quarters of the sheep among the four lions, and passing through the midst of them with speed, got to the fountain, filled his bottle, and returned safe. Who acts: prince. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Pe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/72/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/) / 72 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 14, sentence 72 When he arrived at the gates of the castle, he distributed the quarters of the sheep among the four lions, and passing through the midst of them with speed, got to the fountain, filled his bottle, and returned safe. **Who acts:** prince · **What happens:** arrive, distribute, pass, get, fill, return · **To what, where:** gates, quarters, midst, bottle This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:14:72 # text = When he arrived at the gates of the castle, he distributed the quarters of the sheep among the four lions, and passing through the midst of them with speed, got to the fountain, filled his bottle, and returned safe. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 distributed distribute VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 among among ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 24 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 25 through through ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nmod _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 33 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 fountain fountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 filled fill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 bottle bottle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 44 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **arrive** | past | prince | | | the gates of the castle | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **distribute** | past | prince | the quarters of the sheep among the four lions | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent quarter=Theme | | 3 | **pass** | gerund | | | | the midst of lions | | with speed | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through midst=Location | | 4 | **get** | past | | | | | | to the fountain *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to fountain=Result | | 5 | **fill** | past | | prince's bottle | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bottle=Patient | | 6 | **return** | past | prince *not said here* | | | | | safe *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/73/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/14/)