--- title: So all the counsellors were summoned to the palace, and when they ha… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So all the counsellors were summoned to the palace, and when they had shut every door and window, and stuffed up every keyhole that they might not be overheard, they talked the affair over, and decided that every fairy for a thousand leagues round should be invited to the christening of the Princess --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/18/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/) / 18 # The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 1, sentence 18 So all the counsellors were summoned to the palace, and when they had shut every door and window, and stuffed up every keyhole that they might not be overheard, they talked the affair over, and decided that every fairy for a thousand leagues round should be invited to the christening of the Princess, and that the time of the ceremony should be kept a profound secret, in case the Fairy Carabosse should take it into her head to attend it. **Who acts:** counsellors, fairy, Fairy Carabosse · **What happens:** summon, shut, stuff up, not overhear, talk over, decide · **To what, where:** counsellors, door, keyhole, affair, profound secret, secret · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess Mayblossom, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (counsellors, fairy, Fairy Carabosse), 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:pg540:3:18 # text = So all the counsellors were summoned to the palace, and when they had shut every door and window, and stuffed up every keyhole that they might not be overheard, they talked the affair over, and decided that every fairy for a thousand leagues round should be invited to the christening of the Princess, and that the time of the ceremony should be kept a profound secret, in case the Fairy Carabosse should take it into her head to attend it. 1 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 stuffed stuff VERB VBN 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Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 42 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 44 for for ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 43 nmod _ _ 47 leagues league VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 51 advcl _ _ 48 round round ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 ccomp _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 56 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ 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Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 79 obj _ _ 81 into into ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 83 nmod:poss _ _ 83 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ _ 84 to to PART TO _ 85 mark _ _ 85 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 79 advcl _ _ 86 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 85 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 87 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **summon** | past · passive | | all counsellors | | | | to the palace | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 2 | **shut** | past · perfect | counsellors *= counsellor* | every door and window | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 3 | **stuff up** | participle | | every keyhole | | | | | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent keyhole=Theme | | 4 | **not** **overhear** | might · passive | | counsellors *= counsellor* | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 5 | **talk over** | past | counsellors *= counsellor* | the affair | | | | over *property* | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent affair=Patient | | 6 | **decide** | past | counsellors *= counsellor* *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **league** | present | every fairy for a thousand | | | | | round *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **invite** | should · passive | | | | | | to the christening of the Princess | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING» | | 9 | **keep** | should · passive | | a profound secret | | | time | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: secret=Theme | | 10 | **take** | should | the Fairy Carabosse | secret | | case | | into Carabosse's head | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme into head=Destination | | 11 | **attend** | to-infinitive | the Fairy Carabosse *not said here* | secret | | | | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Goal | | 12 | **christen** | | | the Princess | | | | | nom christening «act transitive»: of=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/19/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/)