--- title: Then they went together to a castle which was about a league from th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then they went together to a castle which was about a league from the city, accompanied by all their particular friends, to whom they gave a grand banquet, and the three brothers promised to be friends always, to share whatever good fortune befell them, and not to be parted by any envy or jealousy; --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/9/) [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/) / 9 # The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 9 Then they went together to a castle which was about a league from the city, accompanied by all their particular friends, to whom they gave a grand banquet, and the three brothers promised to be friends always, to share whatever good fortune befell them, and not to be parted by any envy or jealousy; and so they set out, agreeing to meet at the same castle at the appointed time, to present themselves before the King together. **Who acts:** Princes, castle, three brothers, good fortune, envy · **What happens:** go together, be, accompany, give, promise, share · **To what, where:** castle, city, league, grand banquet, friends, whatever 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 (Princes, castle, three brothers, good fortune), 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:pg503:23:9 # text = Then they went together to a castle which was about a league from the city, accompanied by all their particular friends, to whom they gave a grand banquet, and the three brothers promised to be friends always, to share whatever good fortune befell them, and not to be parted by any envy or jealousy; and so they set out, agreeing to meet at the same castle at the appointed time, to present themselves before the King together. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 together together ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 league league NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 accompanied accompany VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 18 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 22 det:predet _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 21 particular particular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 obl _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 grand grand ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nummod _ _ 35 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 40 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 share share VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 44 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 43 obj _ _ 45 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ _ 48 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 51 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 parataxis _ _ 55 by by ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 57 det _ _ 57 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ _ 58 or or CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 jealousy jealousy NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 63 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 65 out out ADP RP _ 64 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 66 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 67 agreeing agree VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 advcl _ _ 68 to to PART TO _ 69 mark _ _ 69 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 xcomp _ _ 70 at at ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 72 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 74 at at ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 76 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 77 amod _ _ 77 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 79 to to PART TO _ 80 mark _ _ 80 present present VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 69 conj _ _ 81 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 80 obj _ _ 82 before before ADP IN _ 84 case _ _ 83 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 84 det _ _ 84 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 obl _ _ 85 together together ADV RB _ 80 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 86 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go together** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | a castle | then | together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial\_Location to whom=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | a castle | | | the city | | about a league | tree rules | | 3 | **accompany** | participle | | a league *not said here* | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** | past | Princes *= prince* | a grand banquet | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banquet=Theme | | 5 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the three brothers | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | friends | | | | always *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **share** | to-infinitive | the three brothers *not said here* | whatever | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **befall** | past | good fortune | Princes *= prince* | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **part** | to-infinitive · passive | any envy or jealousy | | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **set out** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 12 | **meet** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | the same castle | time | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 14 | **present** | to-infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | Princes *= prince* | | | before the King | together *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/10/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/23/)