--- title: She opened all the doors, and showed the strangers the treasures the… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She opened all the doors, and showed the strangers the treasures the robbers had gathered together; but the Prince bade her keep them all for herself, as he wanted none of them, and so he rode further with his servant. Who acts: girl, treasures, Prince. 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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 (girl, treasures, Prince), 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:pg7277:47:28 # text = She opened all the doors, and showed the strangers the treasures the robbers had gathered together; but the Prince bade her keep them all for herself, as he wanted none of them, and so he rode further with his servant. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 opened open VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 5 det:predet _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 showed show VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 strangers stranger NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 iobj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 robbers robber NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 gathered gather VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 together together ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 bade bade VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nmod:unmarked _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 33 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 32 obj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 41 further further ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **open** | past | girl | all doors | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 2 | **show** | past | girl *not said here* | | the strangers | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient | | 3 | **gather** | past · perfect · passive | the treasures *not said here* | the robbers | | | | together *property* | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **bade** | past | the Prince | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **keep** | infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | robbers *= robber* | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **want** | past | Prince | none | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot none=Theme | | 7 | **ride** | past | Prince | | | | | with Prince's servant; further *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/29/) - ↑ back to [The Riddle](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/47/)