--- title: As Punchkin went through the palace gate the servants asked him wher… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: As Punchkin went through the palace gate the servants asked him where he got that pretty little dog, and he replied that one of the Princesses had given it to him, so they allowed him to depart. Who acts: servants, Punchkin. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Win --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/3/) [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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/) / 3 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 4, sentence 3 As Punchkin went through the palace gate the servants asked him where he got that pretty little dog, and he replied that one of the Princesses had given it to him, so they allowed him to depart. **Who acts:** servants, Punchkin · **What happens:** go, ask, get, reply, give, allow · **To what, where:** palace gate, Punchkin, little dog, one Princesses This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (servants, Punchkin), 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:pg65965:4:3 # text = As Punchkin went through the palace gate the servants asked him where he got that pretty little dog, and he replied that one of the Princesses had given it to him, so they allowed him to depart. 1 As as ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 Punchkin Punchkin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 through through ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 15 that that ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Princesses Princess PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 29 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 iobj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | | | | the palace gate | | as Punchkin | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through gate=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the servants | | Punchkin | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 3 | **get** | past | Punchkin | little dog | | | | that *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dog=Stimulus | | 4 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Punchkin | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the one Princesses | Punchkin | | | gate *obj* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient it=Theme | | 6 | **allow** | past | servants *= servant* | | Punchkin | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **depart** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | servants *= servant* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/4/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/4/)