--- title: At his entrance into it he admired the infinite number of sconces of… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At his entrance into it he admired the infinite number of sconces of wax candles perfumed with amber, the multitude of which, instead of being confused, were placed with so just a symmetry as formed an agreeable and pleasant sight. Who acts: hall. 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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 (hall), 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:pg503:51:7 # text = At his entrance into it he admired the infinite number of sconces of wax candles perfumed with amber, the multitude of which, instead of being confused, were placed with so just a symmetry as formed an agreeable and pleasant sight. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 admired admire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 infinite infinite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 sconces sconce NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 wax wax NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 candles candle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 perfumed perfume VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 amber amber NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 28 case _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 cop _ _ 28 confused confused ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 just just ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 symmetry symmetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 formed form VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 31 advcl _ _ 39 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 40 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 conj _ _ 43 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admire** | past | hall | the infinite number of sconces of wax candles and the multitude | | hall's entrance into entrance | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus | | 2 | **perfume** | participle | | wax candles and the multitude *not said here* | | | | with amber | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with amber=Theme | | 3 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | of the multitude; confused *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **place** | past · passive | hall *not said here* | | | | | with a symmetry | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP» | | 5 | **form** | participle | hall *not said here* | a agreeable sight | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sight=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/8/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)