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title: They followed her into a long dark room, in which was a table covere… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: They followed her into a long dark room, in which was a table covered with gold cups and baskets filled with dates and cocoa-nuts and all kinds of ripe yellow fruits, and the king and the prince sat upon cushions and were served by slaves, while the ministers, among whom she recognised her own broth
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22, sentence 37

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They followed her into a long dark room, in which was a table covered with gold cups and baskets filled with dates and cocoa-nuts and all kinds of ripe yellow fruits, and the king and the prince sat upon cushions and were served by slaves, while the ministers, among whom she recognised her own brother, stood behind.

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**Who acts:** food, long dark room, king, slaves, procession · **What happens:** follow, be, cover, fill, sit, serve · **To what, where:** procession, long dark room, table, baskets, cushions, own brother

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (food, long dark room, king, slaves), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:22:37
# text = They followed her into a long dark room, in which was a table covered with gold cups and baskets filled with dates and cocoa-nuts and all kinds of ripe yellow fruits, and the king and the prince sat upon cushions and were served by slaves, while the ministers, among whom she recognised her own brother, stood behind.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
15	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	cups	cup	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	baskets	basket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	filled	fill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	dates	date	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
25	cocoa	cocoa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	30	det	_	_
30	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	conj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	ripe	ripe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
33	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	fruits	fruit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nsubj	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	_
42	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
43	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	cushions	cushion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	42	conj	_	_
48	by	by	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	slaves	slave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
51	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	ministers	minister	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	among	among	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	58	obl	_	_
57	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nsubj	_	_
58	recognised	recognise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
59	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
60	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
63	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	58	conj	_	_
64	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | past | food | procession |  | a long dark room and a table |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme into room=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is a** | past | a long dark room and a table | a table |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **cover** | participle |  | a table *not said here* |  |  |  | with gold cups and baskets | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with cup=Theme |
| 4 | **fill** | participle |  | baskets *not said here* |  |  |  | with dates and cocoa nuts and all kinds of ripe yellow fruits | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with date=Instrument |
| 5 | **sit** | past | the king and the prince |  |  | cushions |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent upon cushion=Location |
| 6 | **serve** | past · passive | slaves |  |  |  |  |  | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **recognise** | past | procession | procession's own brother |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus |
| 8 | **stand behind** | past | procession *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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