--- title: After passing through sixty rooms the hands that conducted him stopp… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After passing through sixty rooms the hands that conducted him stopped, and the Prince saw a most comfortable-looking arm-chair drawn up close to the chimney-corner; at the same moment the fire lighted itself, and the pretty, soft, clever hands took off the Prince’s wet, muddy clothes, and presented --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/28/) [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 White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/) / 28 # The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 28 After passing through sixty rooms the hands that conducted him stopped, and the Prince saw a most comfortable-looking arm-chair drawn up close to the chimney-corner; at the same moment the fire lighted itself, and the pretty, soft, clever hands took off the Prince’s wet, muddy clothes, and presented him with fresh ones made of the richest stuffs, all embroidered with gold and emeralds. **Who acts:** hands, Prince, fire, pretty soft clever hands, fresh ones · **What happens:** pass, conduct, stop, see, look, draw up · **To what, where:** sixty rooms, Love, looking arm chair, fire, wet muddy clothes, fresh ones This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hands, Prince, fire, pretty soft clever hands), 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:pg503:23:28 # text = After passing through sixty rooms the hands that conducted him stopped, and the Prince saw a most comfortable-looking arm-chair drawn up close to the chimney-corner; at the same moment the fire lighted itself, and the pretty, soft, clever hands took off the Prince’s wet, muddy clothes, and presented him with fresh ones made of the richest stuffs, all embroidered with gold and emeralds. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 2 mark _ _ 2 passing pass VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 3 through through ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 rooms room NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 stopped stop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 16 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 18 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 19 advmod _ _ 19 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 amod _ _ 22 arm arm NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 23 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 chair chair NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 25 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl _ _ 26 up up ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 xcomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 30 chimney chimney NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 lighted light VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 41 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 45 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 47 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 49 clever clever ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nsubj _ _ 51 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 52 off off ADP RP _ 51 compound:prt _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’s 's PART POS _ 54 case _ _ 56 wet wet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 58 muddy muddy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 62 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 63 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 with with ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 ones one NOUN NNS Number=Plur 62 obl _ _ 67 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 acl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 70 richest rich ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 71 amod _ _ 71 stuffs stuff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 73 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 74 nsubj:pass _ _ 74 embroidered embroider VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 66 acl _ _ 75 with with ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 76 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 78 cc _ _ 78 emeralds emerald NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | gerund | the hands *not said here* | | | sixty rooms | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through room=Location | | 2 | **conduct** | past | the hands | Love | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 3 | **stop** | past | the hands | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **see** | past | the Prince | a looking arm chair | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chair=Stimulus | | 5 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **draw up** | participle | | a looking arm chair *not said here* | | | | close *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **light** | participle | the fire | fire | | | moment | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Product | | 8 | **take off** | past | the pretty soft clever hands | the Prince's wet muddy clothes | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | | 9 | **present** | past | the pretty soft clever hands *not said here* | | Love | | | with fresh ones | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with one=Theme | | 10 | **make** | participle | | fresh ones *not said here* | | | | of the richest stuffs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 11 | **embroider** | participle · passive | fresh ones *not said here* | all | | | | with gold and emeralds | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with gold=Theme | 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/29/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)