--- title: They passed into a spacious hall, where they found a magnificent col… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: They passed into a spacious hall, where they found a magnificent collation which the Ogre had prepared for his friends, who were that very day to visit him, but dared not to enter knowing the King was there. Who acts: They, friends, King. 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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 (They, friends, King), 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:pg29021:11:2 # text = They passed into a spacious hall, where they found a magnificent collation which the Ogre had prepared for his friends, who were that very day to visit him, but dared not to enter knowing the King was there. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 spacious spacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 collation collation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Ogre Ogre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 24 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 26 very very ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 acl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 37 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 xcomp _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | They | | | a spacious hall | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hall=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **find** | past | they | a magnificent collation | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collation=Topic | | 3 | **prepare** | past · perfect · passive | | a magnificent collation | | | | for Marquis's friends | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for friend=Beneficiary | | 4 | **is a** | past | Marquis's friends | day | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **visit** | to-infinitive | | Marquis | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **dare** | past | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **enter** | to-infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **know** | gerund | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/3/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)