--- title: So when night came, and the hall in the castle was full of light and… — More English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So when night came, and the hall in the castle was full of light and music, and the lords and ladies were dancing before the King, just as the clock struck twelve, Tattercoats and the herdboy, followed by his flock of noisy geese, entered at the great doors, and walked straight up the ball-room, whi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/5/) [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/) / [More English Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/) / [More English Fairy Tales, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/) / 5 # More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 7, sentence 5 So when night came, and the hall in the castle was full of light and music, and the lords and ladies were dancing before the King, just as the clock struck twelve, Tattercoats and the herdboy, followed by his flock of noisy geese, entered at the great doors, and walked straight up the ball-room, while on either side the ladies whispered, the lords laughed, and the King seated at the far end stared in amazement. **Who acts:** night, hall, lords, clock, King · **What happens:** come, be, dance, strike, follow, enter · **To what, where:** twelve, Tattercoats, noisy geese, great doors, ball room, side This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 7. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (night, hall, lords, clock), 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:pg14241:21:5 # text = So when night came, and the hall in the castle was full of light and music, and the lords and ladies were dancing before the King, just as the clock struck twelve, Tattercoats and the herdboy, followed by his flock of noisy geese, entered at the great doors, and walked straight up the ball-room, while on either side the ladies whispered, the lords laughed, and the King seated at the far end stared in amazement. 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 conj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 26 before before ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 just just ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 clock clock NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 struck strike VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 35 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Tattercoats tattercoat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 herdboy herdboy NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 acl _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 flock flock NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 noisy noisy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 walked walk VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 58 straight straight ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 59 up up ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 61 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 62 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 61 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 63 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 65 while while SCONJ IN _ 71 mark _ _ 66 on on ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 68 det _ _ 68 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 70 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ _ 71 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 lords lord NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 nsubj _ _ 75 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 80 cc _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 nsubj _ _ 80 seated seat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 conj _ _ 81 at at ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 83 far far ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 84 amod _ _ 84 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ _ 85 stared stare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 80 parataxis _ _ 86 in in ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 87 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | night | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the hall in the castle | | | | | of light and music; full *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **dance** | past · progressive | the lords and ladies | | | | before the King | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before king=Location | | 4 | **strike** | past | the clock | twelve | | | | | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent twelve=Patient tattercoat=Result | | 5 | **follow** | participle | | Tattercoats and the herdboy *not said here* | | | | by King's flock of noisy geese | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by flock=Location | | 6 | **enter** | participle | | noisy geese *not said here* | | the great doors | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **walk** | past | | | | the ball room | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up room=Trajectory | | 8 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | | | | either side the ladies | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location | | 9 | **laugh** | past | the lords | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **seat** | past | the King | | | | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 11 | **stare** | past | | | | | at the far end | in amazement | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at end=Theme | 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:** «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/6/) - ↑ back to [More English Fairy Tales, part 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg14241/21/)