--- title: When they had seated themselves at the table the Prince who had been… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When they had seated themselves at the table the Prince who had been in service with the giant said that he thought they ought to have invited the maiden who had lent them the shovel-handle, and the porch-door, and the calf up to the palace, “for,” said he, “if we had not got these three things, we --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/18/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/) / 18 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master-maid, part 3, sentence 18 When they had seated themselves at the table the Prince who had been in service with the giant said that he thought they ought to have invited the maiden who had lent them the shovel-handle, and the porch-door, and the calf up to the palace, “for,” said he, “if we had not got these three things, we should never have got away from the palace.” **Who acts:** Prince, service, maiden, we · **What happens:** seat, be, say, think, invite, lend · **To what, where:** brother, table, service, porch door, three things, palace · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master-maid, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, service, maiden, we), 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:pg503:19:18 # text = When they had seated themselves at the table the Prince who had been in service with the giant said that he thought they ought to have invited the maiden who had lent them the shovel-handle, and the porch-door, and the calf up to the palace, “for,” said he, “if we had not got these three things, we should never have got away from the palace.” 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 ccomp _ _ 5 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 4 obj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 10 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 11 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 cop _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 service service NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 giant giant NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 ccomp _ _ 23 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 26 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux _ _ 27 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 ccomp _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 lent lend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 35 shovel shovel NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 handle handle NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 41 porch porch NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 42 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 calf calf NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 48 up up ADP RP _ 47 compound:prt _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 “ " PUNCT `` _ 57 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 for for SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 54 punct _ _ 57 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 conj _ _ 58 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 60 “ " PUNCT `` _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 if if SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 62 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 65 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 74 advcl _ _ 66 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 68 det _ _ 67 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 68 nummod _ _ 68 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 70 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 71 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 74 aux _ _ 72 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 74 advmod _ _ 73 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 74 aux _ _ 74 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 57 ccomp _ _ 75 away away ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 76 from from ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 80 ” " PUNCT '' _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seat** | past · perfect · passive | | brother | | the table | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | Prince | | | the service | | with the giant | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the service | the porch door | | | | the calf to the palace *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past | service | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **invite** | ought · perfect · passive | | brother | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **lend** | past · perfect | the maiden | brother | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient handle=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | service | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **not** **get** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | past · perfect | we | this three things | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 9 | **not** **get away** *in a quote* | should · perfect | we | | | the palace | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from palace=Source | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/19/) - ↑ back to [The Master-maid, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/19/)