--- title: The king and queen and princess were safe up in their gallery, but t… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The king and queen and princess were safe up in their gallery, but the officers and people of the court that wor padrowling about the great bawn, when they saw the big baste coming in, gave themselves up, and began to make for doors and gates; and the wolf licked his chops, as if he was saying, "Wou --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/48/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/) / 48 # Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lad With the Goat-skin, sentence 48 The king and queen and princess were safe up in their gallery, but the officers and people of the court that wor padrowling about the great bawn, when they saw the big baste coming in, gave themselves up, and began to make for doors and gates; and the wolf licked his chops, as if he was saying, "Wouldn't I enjoy a breakfast off a couple of yez!" **Who acts:** king, that, wor, officers, big baste, wolf · **What happens:** be, wor, padrowl, see, come in, give up · **To what, where:** gallery, big baste, officers, chops, breakfast · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Lad With the Goat-skin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, that, wor, officers), 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:pg7885:33:48 # text = The king and queen and princess were safe up in their gallery, but the officers and people of the court that wor padrowling about the great bawn, when they saw the big baste coming in, gave themselves up, and began to make for doors and gates; and the wolf licked his chops, as if he was saying, "Wouldn't I enjoy a breakfast off a couple of yez!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 up up ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 wor wor NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 padrowling padrowl VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 acl _ _ 25 about about ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 bawn bawn NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 acl:relcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 baste baste NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 36 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 acl _ _ 37 in in ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 40 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 39 obj _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 39 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 wolf wolf NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 55 licked lick VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 56 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 57 chops chop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 60 if if SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 55 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 65 " " PUNCT `` _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 66 Would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 67 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 68 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 enjoy enjoy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 parataxis _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 breakfast breakfast NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obj _ _ 72 off off ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 yez yez X FW Foreign=Yes 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 77 ! ! PUNCT . _ 63 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 78 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king and queen and princess | | | clothes's gallery | | safe *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **wor** | | that | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **padrowl** | gerund | wor *not said here* | | | | | about the great bawn | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | past | officers *= officer* | the big baste | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baste=Stimulus | | 5 | **come in** | gerund | the big baste *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **give up** | past | officers *= officer* *not said here* | officers *= officer* | | | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Source | | 7 | **begin** | past | officers *= officer* *not said here* | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **make** | to-infinitive | officers *= officer* *not said here* | | | | | for doors and gates | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for door=Asset | | 9 | **lick** | past | the officers and people of the court | wolf's chops | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent chop=Source | | 10 | **say** *speech: express* *a condition, not said to happen* | past · progressive | King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 11 | **not** **enjoy** *in a quote* | would | King | a breakfast | | | | off a couple of yez | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer breakfast=Stimulus | | 12 | **chop** | | wolf | | | | | | nom chop «phenomenon transitive»: poss=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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/49/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)