--- title: “First, that you, having brought the imperial fleet of Blefuscu into… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “First, that you, having brought the imperial fleet of Blefuscu into the royal port, were commanded by his Majesty to seize all the other ships, and put to death all the Bigendian exiles, and also all the people of the empire who would not immediately consent to break their eggs at the smaller end. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/42/) [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/) / [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/) / 42 # The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter IV, sentence 42 “First, that you, having brought the imperial fleet of Blefuscu into the royal port, were commanded by his Majesty to seize all the other ships, and put to death all the Bigendian exiles, and also all the people of the empire who would not immediately consent to break their eggs at the smaller end. **Who acts:** Majesty, empire · **What happens:** bring, command, seize, put, not consent, break · **To what, where:** imperial fleet, royal port, you, other ships, Bigendian exiles, eggs · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter IV. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Majesty, empire), 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:pg503:46:42 # text = “First, that you, having brought the imperial fleet of Blefuscu into the royal port, were commanded by his Majesty to seize all the other ships, and put to death all the Bigendian exiles, and also all the people of the empire who would not immediately consent to break their eggs at the smaller end. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 that that ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 aux _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 imperial imperial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 fleet fleet NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Blefuscu Blefuscu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 14 into into ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 royal royal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 port port NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 19 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux:pass _ _ 20 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 21 by by ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 seize seize VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 29 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 ships ship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 parataxis _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 38 det:predet _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Bigendian bigendian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 exiles exile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 also also ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 44 det:predet _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 52 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 51 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 acl:relcl _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 52 xcomp _ _ 55 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 56 nmod:poss _ _ 56 eggs egg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 obj _ _ 57 at at ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 60 amod _ _ 60 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | gerund · perfect | Blefuscu's Majesty *not said here* | the imperial fleet of Blefuscu | | the royal port | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent fleet=Theme into port=Destination | | 2 | **command** *in a quote* | past · passive | Blefuscu's Majesty | you | | | | all people of the empire *obl* | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **seize** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | Blefuscu's Majesty *not said here* | all other ships | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Theme | | 4 | **put** *in a quote* | participle | | all Bigendian exiles | | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **not** **consent** *in a quote* | would | the empire | | | | | immediately *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **break** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the empire *not said here* | people's eggs | | | at the smaller end | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer egg=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/43/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IV](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/46/)