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title: And then the hands appeared carrying torches, and conducted the Prin… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: And then the hands appeared carrying torches, and conducted the Prince and the White Cat to a long gallery which overlooked the river, from the windows of which they saw a magnificent display of fireworks of all sorts; after which they had supper, which the Prince liked even better than the firework
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 2, sentence 4

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And then the hands appeared carrying torches, and conducted the Prince and the White Cat to a long gallery which overlooked the river, from the windows of which they saw a magnificent display of fireworks of all sorts; after which they had supper, which the Prince liked even better than the fireworks, for it was very late, and he was hungry after his long ride.

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**Who acts:** hands, long gallery, Prince, supper, King · **What happens:** appear, carry, conduct, overlook, see, have · **To what, where:** torches, Prince, long gallery, river, windows, magnificent display

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hands, long gallery, Prince, supper), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:24:4
# text = And then the hands appeared carrying torches, and conducted the Prince and the White Cat to a long gallery which overlooked the river, from the windows of which they saw a magnificent display of fireworks of all sorts; after which they had supper, which the Prince liked even better than the fireworks, for it was very late, and he was hungry after his long ride.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	xcomp	_	_
7	torches	torch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	conducted	conduct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	White	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	gallery	gallery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
21	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	_	_
22	overlooked	overlook	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	acl:relcl	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	obl	_	_
31	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	_
33	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	magnificent	magnificent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	display	display	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
40	sorts	sort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	after	after	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	45	obl	_	_
44	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
45	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
46	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	obj	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	nsubj	_	_
51	liked	like	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	acl:relcl	_	_
52	even	even	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	51	xcomp	_	_
54	than	than	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	fireworks	firework	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
58	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
59	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
60	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	62	cop	_	_
61	very	very	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
65	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	67	nsubj	_	_
66	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	cop	_	_
67	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
68	after	after	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
69	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	71	nmod:poss	_	_
70	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	71	amod	_	_
71	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | past | the hands |  |  |  | then |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **carry** | gerund | the hands *not said here* | torches |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme |
| 3 | **conduct** | past | the hands *not said here* | the Prince and the White Cat |  | a long gallery |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent prince=Theme to gallery=Destination |
| 4 | **overlook** | past | a long gallery | the river |  | the windows |  |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Theme |
| 5 | **see** | past | hands *= hand* | a magnificent display of fireworks of all sorts |  |  |  | of the windows | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer display=Stimulus |
| 6 | **have** | past | hands *= hand* | supper |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supper=Patient |
| 7 | **like** | past | the Prince | supper |  |  |  | good *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot which=Theme |
| 8 | **is** | past | supper |  |  |  |  | late *property* | tree rules |
| 9 | **is** | past | King |  |  |  | after King's long ride | hungry *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **display** |  |  | fireworks of all sorts |  |  |  |  | nom display «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 11 | **ride** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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