--- title: In the centre of the great hall where the Emperor sat was a golden p… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In the centre of the great hall where the Emperor sat was a golden perch, on which the Nightingale sat. The whole Court was there, and the little kitchenmaid was allowed to stand behind the door, now that she was a Court-cook. Who acts: Emperor, centre, Nightingale sat., little kitchenmaid. 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The whole Court was there, and the little kitchenmaid was allowed to stand behind the door, now that she was a Court-cook. **Who acts:** Emperor, centre, Nightingale sat., little kitchenmaid, Court · **What happens:** sit, be, allow, stand · **To what, where:** golden perch, little kitchenmaid, door, Court cook This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Nightingale. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, centre, Nightingale sat., little kitchenmaid), 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:pg640:48:81 # text = In the centre of the great hall where the Emperor sat was a golden perch, on which the Nightingale sat. The whole Court was there, and the little kitchenmaid was allowed to stand behind the door, now that she was a Court-cook. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 centre centre NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Emperor Emperor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 perch perch NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 obl _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Nightingale Nightingale PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ _ 21 sat. Saturday PROPN NNP Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 22 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 15 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 kitchenmaid kitchenmaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 behind behind ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 40 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 cook cook NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the Emperor | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the centre of the great hall | a golden perch | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the Nightingale sat. | | | a golden perch | | there *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **allow** | past · passive | | the little kitchenmaid | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **stand** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the little kitchenmaid *not said here* | | | the door | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind door=Location | | 6 | **is a** | past | Court | a Court cook | | | now | | tree rules | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/82/) - ↑ back to [The Nightingale](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/48/)