--- title: They went into the great hall of looking-glasses, where they supped,… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: They went into the great hall of looking-glasses, where they supped, and were served by the Princess's officers; the violins and hautboys played old tunes, but very excellent, tho' it was now above a hundred years since they had been played; and after supper, without losing any time, the lord almone --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/27/) [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/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/) / 27 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3, sentence 27 They went into the great hall of looking-glasses, where they supped, and were served by the Princess's officers; the violins and hautboys played old tunes, but very excellent, tho' it was now above a hundred years since they had been played; and after supper, without losing any time, the lord almoner married them in the chapel of the castle, and the chief lady of honour drew the curtains. **Who acts:** love, great hall, officers, violins, Highness, lord almoner · **What happens:** go, look, sup, serve, play, be · **To what, where:** great hall, glasses, old tunes, love, chapel, curtains This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (love, great hall, officers, violins), 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:pg29021:9:27 # text = They went into the great hall of looking-glasses, where they supped, and were served by the Princess's officers; the violins and hautboys played old tunes, but very excellent, tho' it was now above a hundred years since they had been played; and after supper, without losing any time, the lord almoner married them in the chapel of the castle, and the chief lady of honour drew the curtains. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 of of SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 glasses glass NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 supped sup VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 22 's 's PART POS _ 21 case _ _ 23 officers officer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 violins violin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 hautboys hautboy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ _ 29 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 30 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 tunes tune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 37 tho though ADP IN _ 45 case _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 41 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 45 advmod _ _ 42 above above ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 nummod _ _ 45 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obl _ _ 46 since since SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 played play VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 53 after after ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 without without SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 57 losing lose VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 appos _ _ 58 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 59 det _ _ 59 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 compound _ _ 63 almoner almoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nsubj _ _ 64 married marry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 65 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 in in ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 73 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 75 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 76 amod _ _ 76 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nsubj _ _ 77 of of ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 nmod _ _ 79 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 80 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 81 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | love | | | the great hall | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hall=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **look** | gerund | the great hall *not said here* | glasses | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **sup** | past | love | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **serve** | past · passive | the Princess's officers | | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **play** | past | the violins and hautboys | old tunes | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | Highness | | | | though hundred years; now | | tree rules | | 7 | **play** | past · perfect · passive | | love | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **lose** | gerund | | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **marry** | past | the lord almoner | love | | the chapel of the castle | after supper | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | | 10 | **draw** | past | the chief lady of honour | the curtains | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=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:** «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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/28/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/9/)