--- title: ‘When I have a fine courtyard of my own at the King’s palace, I shal… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘When I have a fine courtyard of my own at the King’s palace, I shall perhaps ask some of you to come and pay me a short visit,’ and scarcely waiting to say good-bye to his family, away he stumped down the high road that led to Madrid. Who acts: I, Medio, high road. 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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 (I, Medio, high road), 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:pg7277:6:26 # text = ‘When I have a fine courtyard of my own at the King’s palace, I shall perhaps ask some of you to come and pay me a short visit,’ and scarcely waiting to say good-bye to his family, away he stumped down the high road that led to Madrid. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 courtyard courtyard NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 nmod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 20 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 nmod _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 ccomp _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 iobj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 visit visit NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 scarcely scarcely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 bye bye NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 to to 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 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 48 stumped stump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 49 down down ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 53 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 nsubj _ _ 54 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Madrid Madrid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | I | a fine courtyard of my own | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courtyard=Patient | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | shall | I | some | | | | perhaps *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent some=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **come** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pay** | infinitive | | a short visit | me | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient visit=Asset | | 5 | **wait** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | | | scarcely *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | good bye | Medio's family | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bye=Topic to family=Recipient | | 7 | **stump down** | past | Medio | the high road | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus road=Experiencer | | 8 | **lead** | past | the high road | | Madrid | | | | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to madrid=Patient | 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/27/) - ↑ back to [The Half-chick](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/6/)