--- title: After supper they went into another room, which was fitted up as a t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: After supper they went into another room, which was fitted up as a theatre, and the cats acted and danced for their amusement, and then the White Cat said good-night to him, and the hands conducted him into a room he had not seen before, hung with tapestry worked with butterflies’ wings of every col --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/48/) [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/) / 48 # The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 48 After supper they went into another room, which was fitted up as a theatre, and the cats acted and danced for their amusement, and then the White Cat said good-night to him, and the hands conducted him into a room he had not seen before, hung with tapestry worked with butterflies’ wings of every color; there were mirrors that reached from the ceiling to the floor, and a little white bed with curtains of gauze tied up with ribbons. **Who acts:** cats, White Cat, hands, sight, mirrors · **What happens:** go, fit up, act, dance, say, conduct · **To what, where:** little white bed, room, sight, tapestry, ceiling, gauze · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (cats, White Cat, hands, sight), 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:pg503:23:48 # text = After supper they went into another room, which was fitted up as a theatre, and the cats acted and danced for their amusement, and then the White Cat said good-night to him, and the hands conducted him into a room he had not seen before, hung with tapestry worked with butterflies’ wings of every color; there were mirrors that reached from the ceiling to the floor, and a little white bed with curtains of gauze tied up with ribbons. 1 After after ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 into into ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 fitted fit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 as as ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 theatre theatre NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cats cat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 20 acted act VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 danced dance VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 amusement amusement NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 advmod _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 33 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nsubj _ _ 42 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 into into ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 parataxis _ _ 51 before before ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 53 hung hang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 conj _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 tapestry tapestry NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 56 worked work VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 acl _ _ 57 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 butterflies butterfly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ 's PART POS _ 58 case _ _ 60 wings wing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obl _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 63 det _ _ 63 color color NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 65 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 66 expl _ _ 66 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 67 mirrors mirror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nsubj _ _ 68 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 69 nsubj _ _ 69 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 67 acl:relcl _ _ 70 from from ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 72 ceiling ceiling NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 73 to to ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 78 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 79 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 80 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 81 amod _ _ 81 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 82 with with ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 83 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 nmod _ _ 84 of of ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 85 gauze gauze NOUN NN Number=Sing 83 nmod _ _ 86 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 85 acl _ _ 87 up up ADP RP _ 86 compound:prt _ _ 88 with with ADP IN _ 89 case _ _ 89 ribbons ribbon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 86 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 90 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | cats *= cat* | a little white bed with curtains of gauze | | another room | after supper | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **fit up** | past · passive | | another room | | | | as a theatre | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **act** | past | the cats | | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **dance** | past | the cats *not said here* | | | | | for cats's amusement | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the White Cat | | sight | | then; night | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient | | 6 | **conduct** | past | the hands | sight | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | sight | | | a room | | before *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **hang** | participle | sight *not said here* | | | | | with tapestry | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **work** | participle | | tapestry *not said here* | | | | with butterflies's wings of every color | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with wing=Co-Agent | | 10 | **be** | past | mirrors | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **reach** | past | mirrors | | | the ceiling | | to the floor | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **tie up** | participle | | gauze *not said here* | | | | with ribbons | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient with ribbon=Co-Patient | | 13 | **amuse** | | cats *= cat* | | | | | | nom amusement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | 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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/49/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)