--- title: They passed into a spacious hall, where they found a magnificent col… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They passed into a spacious hall, where they found a magnificent collation, which the ogre had prepared for his friends, who were that very day to visit him, but dared not to enter, knowing the King was there. Who acts: lands, friends. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master C --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/65/) [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 Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/) / 65 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots, sentence 65 They passed into a spacious hall, where they found a magnificent collation, which the ogre had prepared for his friends, who were that very day to visit him, but dared not to enter, knowing the King was there. **Who acts:** lands, friends · **What happens:** pass, find, prepare, be, visit, dare · **To what, where:** spacious hall, magnificent collation, day, ogre, King · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lands, friends), 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:pg503:21:65 # text = They passed into a spacious hall, where they found a magnificent collation, which the ogre had prepared for his friends, who were that very day to visit him, but dared not to enter, knowing the King was there. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 spacious spacious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 10 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 collation collation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 20 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 28 nsubj _ _ 25 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 very very ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 28 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 acl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 dared dare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 enter enter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 43 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past | lands *= land* | | | a spacious hall | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into hall=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **find** | past | lands *= land* | a magnificent collation | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent collation=Topic | | 3 | **prepare** | past · perfect · passive | | a magnificent collation | | | | for ogre's friends | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for friend=Beneficiary | | 4 | **is a** | past | ogre's friends | day | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **visit** | to-infinitive | | ogre | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | | 6 | **dare** | past | lands *= land* *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **not** **enter** | to-infinitive | lands *= land* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **know** | gerund | lands *= land* *not said here* | the King | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus | | 9 | **is** | past | | | | | | there *property* | 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 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/66/) - ↑ back to [The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/21/)