--- title: And he asked them, did they know or see anything of a castle that st… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And he asked them, did they know or see anything of a castle that stood upon twelve golden pillars; and they all made a curious sound, _Kro-kro, kro-kro_, and said, No. Who acts: King, frogs, castle. 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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 (King, frogs, castle), 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:pg7439:20:74 # text = And he asked them, did they know or see anything of a castle that stood upon twelve golden pillars; and they all made a curious sound, _Kro-kro, kro-kro_, and said, No. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 advcl _ _ 4 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 11 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 upon upon ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 19 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 pillars pillar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 advmod _ _ 25 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 curious curious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Kro Kro PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 kro kro NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 kro kro NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 kro kro X FW Foreign=Yes 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 No. no. NOUN NN Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | King | | frogs *= frog* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | past · do-support | frogs *= frog* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **see** | infinitive | frogs *= frog* *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 4 | **stand** | past | a castle | | | twelve golden pillars | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon pillar=Location | | 5 | **make** | past | frogs *= frog* | a curious sound | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sound=Product | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | No. | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no.=Topic | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/75/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)