--- title: The next hall which the Fairy led the Prince into, and where the clo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The next hall which the Fairy led the Prince into, and where the cloth was laid for the feast, was the last apartment the Prince had not seen, and not in the least inferior to the others. Who acts: next hall, Prince. 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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 (next hall, Prince), 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:pg503:51:6 # text = The next hall which the Fairy led the Prince into, and where the cloth was laid for the feast, was the last apartment the Prince had not seen, and not in the least inferior to the others. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 17 advmod _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 laid lay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 apartment apartment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 37 advmod _ _ 37 inferior inferior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 parataxis _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** | past | the next hall | the Prince | | | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | | 2 | **lay** | past · passive | | the cloth | | | | for the feast | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for feast=Beneficiary | | 3 | **is a** | past | the next hall | the last apartment | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **see** | past · perfect | the Prince | the last apartment *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer apartment=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/7/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)