--- title: However, he had to follow his guides in silence, and they led him in… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, he had to follow his guides in silence, and they led him into a magnificent hall; the floor was of ebony, the walls of jet, and all the hangings were of black velvet, but the Prince looked round it in vain for something to eat, and then made signs that he was hungry. 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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 (Prince, guides, floor, hangings), 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:pg7277:36:75 # text = However, he had to follow his guides in silence, and they led him into a magnificent hall; the floor was of ebony, the walls of jet, and all the hangings were of black velvet, but the Prince looked round it in vain for something to eat, and then made signs that he was hungry. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 follow follow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 guides guide NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 silence silence NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 15 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 into into ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 ebony ebony NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 jet jet NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hangings hanging NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 36 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 velvet velvet NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 but but CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 44 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 45 round round ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 49 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 48 obl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 55 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 56 advmod _ _ 56 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 57 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 58 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 61 hungry hungry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Prince | | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | to-infinitive | Prince *not said here* | Prince's guides | | silence | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent guide=Theme in silence=Trajectory | | 3 | **lead** | past | guides *= guide* | Prince | | a magnificent hall | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into hall=Destination | | 4 | **is** | past | the floor | | | | | of ebony and the walls of jet and black velvet | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | all hangings | | | | | of black velvet | tree rules | | 6 | **look** | past | the Prince | | | | | round floor; vain *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent round it=Theme | | 7 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **make** | past | Prince *not said here* | signs | | | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sign=Product | | 9 | **is** | past | Prince | | | | | hungry *property* | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/76/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)