--- title: In the middle you shall build me a large hall with a dome, its four… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the middle you shall build me a large hall with a dome, its four walls of massy gold and silver, each having six windows, whose lattices, all except one which is to be left unfinished, must be set with diamonds and rubies. Who acts: you, each. 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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 (you, each), 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:pg503:12:133 # text = In the middle you shall build me a large hall with a dome, its four walls of massy gold and silver, each having six windows, whose lattices, all except one which is to be left unfinished, must be set with diamonds and rubies. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 build build VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 dome dome NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 16 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 massy massy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 25 nsubj _ _ 25 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 26 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 nummod _ _ 27 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 lattices lattice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 34 nsubj _ _ 33 except except ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 parataxis _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 40 unfinished unfinished ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ _ 45 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 rubies ruby NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **build** | shall | you | a large hall | me | the middle | | with a dome and middle's four walls of massy gold and silver | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset i=Beneficiary hall=Product | | 2 | **have** | gerund | each | six windows and six windows and six windows's lattices's lattices | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient | | 3 | **leave** | present · passive | | | | | | unfinished *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **set** | must · passive | | | | | | with diamonds and rubies | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: with diamond=Instrument | 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 132](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/132/) - next →: [sentence 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/134/) - ↑ back to [Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/)