--- title: The grand chamberlain and the lord high steward were awaiting her, a… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The grand chamberlain and the lord high steward were awaiting her, and when the false bride stepped into the brilliantly lighted room, they bowed low, and said they had orders to inform his highness the moment she arrived. Who acts: grand chamberlain, false bride, chamberlain, orders. 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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 (grand chamberlain, false bride, chamberlain, orders), 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:pg3027:23:43 # text = The grand chamberlain and the lord high steward were awaiting her, and when the false bride stepped into the brilliantly lighted room, they bowed low, and said they had orders to inform his highness the moment she arrived. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chamberlain chamberlain NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 6 lord lord NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 7 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 steward steward NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 9 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 awaiting await VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 14 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 bride bride NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 stepped step VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 19 into into ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 brilliantly brilliantly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 ccomp _ _ 33 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 highness highness NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **await** | past · progressive | the grand chamberlain and the lord high steward | hall | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **step** | past | the false bride | | | the lighted room | | | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into room=Destination | | 3 | **light** | participle | | | | | | brilliantly *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bow** | past | chamberlain | | | | | low *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | chamberlain *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **have** | past | chamberlain | orders | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | orders *not said here* | Becasigue's highness | | | moment | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent highness=Recipient | | 8 | **arrive** | past | bride | the moment *not said here* | | | | | 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 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 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/42/) - next →: [sentence 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/44/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)