--- title: At night, when they were at supper together, they all agreed to trav… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At night, when they were at supper together, they all agreed to travel for a year, and to meet at that inn; and that the first that came should wait for the rest; that, as they had all three taken their leave together of the Sultan, they might all return together. Who acts: Princes, first, three. 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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 (Princes, first, three), 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:pg503:49:13 # text = At night, when they were at supper together, they all agreed to travel for a year, and to meet at that inn; and that the first that came should wait for the rest; that, as they had all three taken their leave together of the Sultan, they might all return together. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 9 together together ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 13 agreed agree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 det _ _ 25 inn inn NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 28 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 34 nsubj _ _ 31 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl _ _ 33 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 39 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 as as SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nsubj _ _ 46 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 xcomp _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 leave leave VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 49 together together ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 Sultan Sultan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 54 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 55 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 all all ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 conj _ _ 58 together together ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | supper | | together *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Princes *= prince* | that | | | night | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **travel** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | | year | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Princes *= prince* *not said here* | | | that inn | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **wait** | should | the first | | | | | for the rest | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **have** | past | Princes *= prince* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **take** | participle | all three | | | | | | vn require-103 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition | | 9 | **leave** | infinitive | all three *not said here* | | | | | of the Sultan; together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of sultan=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **return** | might | Princes *= prince* | | | | | all, together *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/14/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/49/)