--- title: When her father perceived they had this good liking for each other h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When her father perceived they had this good liking for each other he proposed a match between them, to which both parties cheerfully consented, and the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen, Sheriffs, the Company of Stationers, the Royal Academy of Arts, and a number of eminent merchants attended the cerem --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/80/) [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/) / 80 # The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 80 When her father perceived they had this good liking for each other he proposed a match between them, to which both parties cheerfully consented, and the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen, Sheriffs, the Company of Stationers, the Royal Academy of Arts, and a number of eminent merchants attended the ceremony, and were elegantly treated at an entertainment made for that purpose. **Who acts:** father, Whittington, parties, Lord Mayor · **What happens:** perceive, have, propose, consent, attend, treat · **To what, where:** good liking, match, ceremony, entertainment 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 (father, Whittington, parties, Lord Mayor), 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:pg503:29:80 # text = When her father perceived they had this good liking for each other he proposed a match between them, to which both parties cheerfully consented, and the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen, Sheriffs, the Company of Stationers, the Royal Academy of Arts, and a number of eminent merchants attended the ceremony, and were elegantly treated at an entertainment made for that purpose. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 perceived perceive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 7 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 8 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 liking liking NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 4 obl _ _ 12 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 fixed _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 proposed propose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 match match NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 between between ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 obl _ _ 22 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 23 det _ _ 23 parties party NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 24 cheerfully cheerfully ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Lord Lord PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Mayor Mayor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 Court Court PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Aldermen Alderman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 36 Sheriffs sheriff NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Stationers stationer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 Royal Royal ADJ NNP Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 Academy Academy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Arts Art PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 eminent eminent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 merchants merchant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ _ 55 attended attend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 60 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux:pass _ _ 61 elegantly elegantly ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 63 at at ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 64 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 entertainment entertainment NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 66 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 65 acl _ _ 67 for for ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 68 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 69 det _ _ 69 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **perceive** | past | Miss's father | this good liking | | | | for each | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent liking=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **have** | past | father | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **propose** | past | Whittington | a match | | | | between father | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme | | 4 | **consent** | past | both parties | | | | | cheerfully *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to which=Theme | | 5 | **attend** | past | the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs and the Royal Academy of Arts | the ceremony | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ceremony=Goal | | 6 | **treat** | past · passive | Whittington *not said here* | | | a entertainment | | elegantly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient» | | 7 | **make** | participle | | a entertainment *not said here* | | | | for that purpose | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for purpose=Asset | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/81/) - ↑ back to [The History of Whittington](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/29/)