--- title: But as they were all sitting down at table, they saw come into the h… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: But as they were all sitting down at table, they saw come into the hall a very old Fairy whom they had not invited, because it was above fifty years since she had been out of a certain tower, and she was believed to be either dead or inchanted. Who acts: King, Fairy, company. 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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, Fairy, company), 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:pg29021:8:76 # text = But as they were all sitting down at table, they saw come into the hall a very old Fairy whom they had not invited, because it was above fifty years since she had been out of a certain tower, and she was believed to be either dead or inchanted. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 all all ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 7 down down ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 very very ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 because because SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 30 above above ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 33 since since SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 36 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 41 cop _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ _ 49 either either CCONJ CC _ 50 cc:preconj _ _ 50 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 xcomp _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 inchanted inchant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past · progressive | King | | | table | | all *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at table=Location | | 2 | **come** | past | King | a old Fairy | | the hall | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hall=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **not** **invite** | past · perfect · passive | | a old Fairy | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 4 | **is a** | past | Fairy | fifty years | | | | above *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past · perfect | company | fifty years *not said here* | | a certain tower | | | tree rules | | 6 | **believe** | past · passive | | company | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **inchant** | participle | | | | | | | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/77/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)