--- title: If any youth came within a hundred paces of the castle, he was oblig… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If any youth came within a hundred paces of the castle, he was obliged to stand still, and could not stir from the spot till she set him free; but if a pretty girl came within this boundary, the old enchantress changed her into a bird, and shut her up in a wicker cage, which she put in one of the ro --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/41/4/) [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/) / [Jorinde and Joringel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/41/) / 4 # The Green Fairy Book, Jorinde and Joringel, sentence 4 If any youth came within a hundred paces of the castle, he was obliged to stand still, and could not stir from the spot till she set him free; but if a pretty girl came within this boundary, the old enchantress changed her into a bird, and shut her up in a wicker cage, which she put in one of the rooms in the castle. **Who acts:** youth, woman, pretty girl, old enchantress, wicker cage · **What happens:** come, oblige, stand, not stir, set, change · **To what, where:** youth, spot, woman, wicker cage This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Jorinde and Joringel. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (youth, woman, pretty girl, old enchantress), 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:pg7277:41:4 # text = If any youth came within a hundred paces of the castle, he was obliged to stand still, and could not stir from the spot till she set him free; but if a pretty girl came within this boundary, the old enchantress changed her into a bird, and shut her up in a wicker cage, which she put in one of the rooms in the castle. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 advcl _ _ 5 within within ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 paces pace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 still still ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 stir stir VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 spot spot NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 till till SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 advcl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 34 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 39 within within ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 det _ _ 41 boundary boundary NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 enchantress enchantress NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 46 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ _ 55 up up ADP RP _ 53 compound:prt _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 wicker wicker NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 compound _ _ 59 cage cage NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 nsubj:outer _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 63 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 64 in in ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 63 obl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 nmod _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | any youth | | | | | within hundred paces of the castle | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **oblige** | past · passive | | youth | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 3 | **stand** | to-infinitive | | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **not** **stir** | could | | | | the spot | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **set** | past | woman | youth | | | | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient he=Result | | 6 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a pretty girl | | | | | within this boundary | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **change** | past | the old enchantress | woman | | | | into a bird *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Patient into bird=Result | | 8 | **shut up** | past | the old enchantress *not said here* | woman | | a wicker cage | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 9 | **put** | past | a wicker cage | | | | | in one of the rooms in the castle | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in one=Destination | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/41/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/41/5/) - ↑ back to [Jorinde and Joringel](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/41/)