--- title: Here they were placed, according to the custom of the country, on ri… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Here they were placed, according to the custom of the country, on rich carpets, flowered with gold and silver; and the King and Queen being seated at the upper end of the room, dinner was brought in, which consisted of many dishes; but no sooner were the dishes put down but an amazing number of rats --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/38/) [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 History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/) / 38 # The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 38 Here they were placed, according to the custom of the country, on rich carpets, flowered with gold and silver; and the King and Queen being seated at the upper end of the room, dinner was brought in, which consisted of many dishes; but no sooner were the dishes put down but an amazing number of rats and mice came from all quarters and devoured all the meat in an instant. **Who acts:** amazing number · **What happens:** place, accord, flower, seat, bring in, consist · **To what, where:** people, rich carpets, King, upper end, dinner, dishes This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Whittington. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (amazing number), 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:pg503:29:38 # text = Here they were placed, according to the custom of the country, on rich carpets, flowered with gold and silver; and the King and Queen being seated at the upper end of the room, dinner was brought in, which consisted of many dishes; but no sooner were the dishes put down but an amazing number of rats and mice came from all quarters and devoured all the meat in an instant. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 case _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 6 fixed _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 on on ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 carpets carpet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 flowered flower VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 29 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 39 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 conj _ _ 42 in in ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 consisted consist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ; ; PUNCT : _ 56 punct _ _ 50 but but CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 51 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 52 det _ _ 52 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 56 advmod _ _ 53 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux:pass _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 dishes dish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 57 down down ADP RP _ 56 compound:prt _ _ 58 but but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 59 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 60 amazing amazing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 61 amod _ _ 61 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 rats rat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 nmod _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 mice mouse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 conj _ _ 66 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 conj _ _ 67 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 69 det _ _ 69 quarters quarter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 obl _ _ 70 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 71 devoured devour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 conj _ _ 72 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 74 det:predet _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 74 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obj _ _ 75 in in ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 78 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **place** | past · passive | | people | | rich carpets; here | | accord the custom of the country | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on carpet=Destination | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **flower** | participle | | rich carpets *not said here* | | | | with gold and silver | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with gold=Theme | | 4 | **seat** | gerund · passive | | the King and Queen | | | at the upper end of the room | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value | | 5 | **bring in** | past · passive | | dinner | | | | | vn earn-54.6 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 6 | **consist** | past | | | | | | of many dishes | tree rules | | 7 | **put down** | past · passive | | the dishes | | | | soon *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: subject=Goal | | 8 | **come** | past | a amazing number of rats and mice | | | all quarters | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from quarter=Initial\_Location | | 9 | **devour** | past | a amazing number of rats and mice *not said here* | all meat | | a instant | | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/39/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)