--- title: Then, without waiting for a reply, she conducted him into the palace… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then, without waiting for a reply, she conducted him into the palace, and he bathed in a marble bath, and all the dirt that the fairies had put upon him disappeared like magic, and when he had dressed himself in the fine garments the princess had sent to him, he looked a match for any king’s daughte --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/59/) [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 Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/) / 59 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 59 Then, without waiting for a reply, she conducted him into the palace, and he bathed in a marble bath, and all the dirt that the fairies had put upon him disappeared like magic, and when he had dressed himself in the fine garments the princess had sent to him, he looked a match for any king’s daughter in Erin. **Who acts:** daughter, father, dirt · **What happens:** wait, conduct, bath, put, disappear, dress · **To what, where:** father, palace, marble bath, fairies, fine, princess This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (daughter, father, dirt), 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:pg3454:17:59 # text = Then, without waiting for a reply, she conducted him into the palace, and he bathed in a marble bath, and all the dirt that the fairies had put upon him disappeared like magic, and when he had dressed himself in the fine garments the princess had sent to him, he looked a match for any king’s daughter in Erin. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 without without SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 into into ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 bathed bath VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 marble marble NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 dirt dirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 advcl _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 disappeared disappear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 36 like like ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 43 advmod _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 42 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 43 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 44 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 43 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 obl _ _ 48 garments garment VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 ccomp _ _ 53 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 parataxis _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 for for ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 61 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 62 det _ _ 62 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 63 ’s 's PART POS _ 62 case _ _ 64 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 48 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | gerund | daughter *not said here* | | | | | for a reply | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **conduct** | past | daughter | father | | the palace | then | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into palace=Destination | | 3 | **bath** | past | father | | | a marble bath | | | tree rules | | 4 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | the fairies | | | | upon father | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon he=Destination | | 5 | **disappear** | past | all dirt | | | | | like magic | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **dress** | past · perfect | father | father | | the fine | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient | | 7 | **garment** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **send** | past · perfect · passive | | the princess | father | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination | | 9 | **look** | past | father | a match | | | | for any king's daughter in Erin | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme match=Attribute | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/60/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/17/)