--- title: He flew away, and away, until he came to his own palace, and got int… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He flew away, and away, until he came to his own palace, and got into it through a broken window, and there he found the cabinet where his jewels were kept, and chose out a splendid diamond ring as a present for the Princess. Who acts: light. 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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 (light), 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:pg7277:3:68 # text = He flew away, and away, until he came to his own palace, and got into it through a broken window, and there he found the cabinet where his jewels were kept, and chose out a splendid diamond ring as a present for the Princess. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 until until SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 13 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 18 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 through through ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 cabinet cabinet NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 35 advmod _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 kept keep VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 42 diamond diamond NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 present present NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly away** | past | light | | | | | away *property* | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | light | | | light's own palace | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **get** | past | light *not said here* | | | palace | | through a broken window | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme into it=Initial\_Location through window=Destination | | 4 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **find** | past | light | the cabinet | | there | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabinet=Topic | | 6 | **keep** | past · passive | | light's jewels | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **choose out** | past | light *not said here* | a splendid diamond ring | | | | as a present for the Princess | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=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 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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/69/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)