--- title: There was no need to delay the marriage when the table was able to f… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was no need to delay the marriage when the table was able to furnish the most splendid banquet that ever was seen, and after everyone had eaten and drunk as much as they wanted, Jack took his bag and commanded a castle filled with all sorts of treasures to arise in the park for himself and his --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/89/) [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 Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/) / 89 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 20, sentence 89 There was no need to delay the marriage when the table was able to furnish the most splendid banquet that ever was seen, and after everyone had eaten and drunk as much as they wanted, Jack took his bag and commanded a castle filled with all sorts of treasures to arise in the park for himself and his bride. **Who acts:** need, table, everyone, Jack · **What happens:** be, delay, furnish, see, eat, drink · **To what, where:** marriage, splendid banquet, bag, castle, park, treasures · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (need, table, everyone, Jack), 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:pg3027:20:89 # text = There was no need to delay the marriage when the table was able to furnish the most splendid banquet that ever was seen, and after everyone had eaten and drunk as much as they wanted, Jack took his bag and commanded a castle filled with all sorts of treasures to arise in the park for himself and his bride. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 delay delay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 acl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 13 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 furnish furnish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 18 advmod _ _ 18 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 advmod _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 26 after after SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 29 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 drunk drink VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 conj _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 wanted want VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 38 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 conj _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 46 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 47 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 49 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 treasures treasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 advcl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 park park NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 for for ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 56 nmod _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 60 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | no need | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **delay** | to-infinitive | no need *not said here* | the marriage | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent marriage=Source | | 3 | **is** | past | the table | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **furnish** | to-infinitive | the table *not said here* | the splendid banquet | | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banquet=Recipient | | 5 | **see** | past · passive | | the splendid banquet | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **eat** | past · perfect | everyone | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **drink** | participle | everyone *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **want** | past | table | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 9 | **take** | past | Jack | Jack's bag | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme | | 10 | **command** | past | Jack *not said here* | a castle | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent castle=Eventuality | | 11 | **fill** | participle | | a castle *not said here* | | | | with all sorts of treasures | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sort=Instrument | | 12 | **arise** | to-infinitive | | | | the park for Jack | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in park=Location | | 13 | **sort** | | | treasures | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/20/)