--- title: So they went on their way and entered the palace, and there in the h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they went on their way and entered the palace, and there in the hall stood a cupboard in which lay the ready-made bridal shirt, looking for all the world as though it were made of gold and silver. Who acts: ravens, cupboard. 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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 (ravens, cupboard), 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:pg503:41:87 # text = So they went on their way and entered the palace, and there in the hall stood a cupboard in which lay the ready-made bridal shirt, looking for all the world as though it were made of gold and silver. 1 So so ADV RB _ 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 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 17 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 24 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 27 bridal bridal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 shirt shirt NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 36 though though SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | past | ravens *= raven* | | | ravens's way | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on way=Location | | 2 | **enter** | past | ravens *= raven* *not said here* | the palace | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme palace=Destination | | 3 | **stand** | past | ravens *= raven* *not said here* | a cupboard | | the hall; there | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cupboard=Theme in hall=Destination | | 4 | **lie** | past | a cupboard | the made bridal shirt | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shirt=Theme | | 5 | **make** | participle | | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 6 | **look** | gerund | ravens *= raven* *not said here* | | | | | for all world | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for world=Theme | | 7 | **make** | past · passive | | palace | | | | of gold and silver | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/88/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)