--- title: When he came near the King's palace, all the King's servants asked h… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: When he came near the King's palace, all the King's servants asked him who he was; and as none of them knew him, the gate-keepers would not let him pass in. Who acts: prince, servants, none, gate keepers. 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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 (prince, servants, none, gate keepers), 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:pg7128:24:39 # text = When he came near the King's palace, all the King's servants asked him who he was; and as none of them knew him, the gate-keepers would not let him pass in. 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 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 4 near near ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 's 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 's 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 iobj _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 26 nsubj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 keepers keeper NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj _ _ 33 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 35 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 ccomp _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 38 in in ADP RP _ 37 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | prince | | | the King's palace | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near palace=Location | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the King's servants | | prince | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **know** | past | none | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **let** | would | the gate keepers | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pass in** | infinitive | prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/40/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/24/)