--- title: But above all, I grieve for a duke's daughter, whom they fetched fro… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: But above all, I grieve for a duke's daughter, whom they fetched from her father's garden, carrying her through the air in a burning chariot drawn by fiery dragons, when they secured her within the castle, and transformed her into a white hind. Who acts: I, gentlemen. 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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, gentlemen), 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:pg7439:23:120 # text = But above all, I grieve for a duke's daughter, whom they fetched from her father's garden, carrying her through the air in a burning chariot drawn by fiery dragons, when they secured her within the castle, and transformed her into a white hind. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 above above ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 grieve grieve VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 duke duke NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 obj _ _ 14 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 fetched fetch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 19 's 's PART POS _ 18 case _ _ 20 garden garden NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 through through ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 burning burn VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 amod _ _ 30 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 31 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 fiery fiery ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 38 advmod _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 secured secure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 within within ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 transformed transform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 hind hind NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | present | I | | | all | | for a duke's daughter | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **fetch** | past | gentlemen *= gentleman* | | | Galligantua's father's garden | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent whom=Theme from garden=Source | | 3 | **carry** | gerund | gentlemen *= gentleman* *not said here* | Galligantua | | the air | | in a burning chariot | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in chariot=Location | | 4 | **burn** | gerund | | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **draw** | participle | | a burning chariot *not said here* | | | | by fiery dragons | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **secure** | past | gentlemen *= gentleman* | Galligantua | | | | within the castle | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition she=Theme | | 7 | **transform** | past | gentlemen *= gentleman* *not said here* | Galligantua | | | | into a white hind *result* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Patient into hind=Result | 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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/121/) - ↑ back to [Jack the Giant-killer](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/23/)