--- title: The bridegroom sat at the head of the table, the Princess on one sid… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The bridegroom sat at the head of the table, the Princess on one side of him and the waiting-maid on the other; but she was so dazzled that she did not recognize the Princess in her glittering garments. Who acts: bridegroom. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bridegroom), 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:pg503:37:85 # text = The bridegroom sat at the head of the table, the Princess on one side of him and the waiting-maid on the other; but she was so dazzled that she did not recognize the Princess in her glittering garments. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bridegroom bridegroom NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 13 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nmod _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 21 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 30 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 dazzled dazzle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 recognize recognize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 glittering glittering NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 42 garments garment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the bridegroom | | | the head of the table | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at head=Location | | 2 | **dazzle** | past · passive | | bridegroom | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 3 | **not** **recognize** | past · do-support | bridegroom | the Princess | | bridegroom's glittering garments | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/86/) - ↑ back to [The Goose-girl](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/37/)