--- title: The King would certainly have found out his mistake the moment they… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King would certainly have found out his mistake the moment they stepped into the brilliantly lighted castle, but Turritella held her mantle more closely round her, and asked to see the Fairy by herself, and quickly told her all that had happened, and how she had succeeded in deceiving King Charm --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/88/) [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 Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/) / 88 # The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1, sentence 88 The King would certainly have found out his mistake the moment they stepped into the brilliantly lighted castle, but Turritella held her mantle more closely round her, and asked to see the Fairy by herself, and quickly told her all that had happened, and how she had succeeded in deceiving King Charming. **Who acts:** frogs, Turritella, that, King · **What happens:** find out, step, light, hold, ask, see · **To what, where:** King, moment, lighted castle, mantle, Fairy, Turritella · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (frogs, Turritella, that, King), 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:pg7277:2:88 # text = The King would certainly have found out his mistake the moment they stepped into the brilliantly lighted castle, but Turritella held her mantle more closely round her, and asked to see the Fairy by herself, and quickly told her all that had happened, and how she had succeeded in deceiving King Charming. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 16 brilliantly brilliantly ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 mantle mantle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 26 advmod _ _ 26 closely closely ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 27 round round ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 40 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 iobj _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 nsubj _ _ 45 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 49 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 52 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 succeeded succeed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 conj _ _ 53 in in SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 54 deceiving deceive VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 52 advcl _ _ 55 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod:desc _ _ 56 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | would · perfect · passive | | the King | | | moment | certainly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **step** | past | frogs *= frog* | the moment *not said here* | | the lighted castle | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location moment=Theme | | 3 | **light** | participle | | | | | | brilliantly *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hold** | past | Turritella | Turritella's mantle | | | | closely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mantle=Theme | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the Fairy | | | | by Turritella | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | Turritella | | | quickly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **happen** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **succeed** | past · perfect | Turritella | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **deceive** | gerund | Turritella *not said here* | Charming King | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charming=Patient | | 11 | **mistake** | | King | | | | | | nom mistake «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/87/) - next →: [sentence 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/89/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)