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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, figures), 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:pg7277:36:76 # text = In the same manner he was respectfully given to understand that he must wait, and after several hours the sixty hooded and shrouded figures re-appeared, and conducted him with great ceremony, and also very very slowly, to a banqueting hall, where they all placed themselves at a long table. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 respectfully respectfully ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 understand understand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 17 after after ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nmod _ _ 22 hooded hood VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 shrouded shroud VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 25 figures figure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 re-appeared re-appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 conducted conduct VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 30 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 also also ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 banqueting banquet VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ _ 44 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 49 advmod _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 49 advmod _ _ 49 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 50 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obj _ _ 51 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 53 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past · passive | | Prince | a banqueting hall | the same manner | | respectfully, slowly *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to hall=Recipient | | 2 | **understand** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **wait** | must | Prince | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **hood** | past | | | | | hour | | tree rules | | 5 | **shroud** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **re-appear** | past | figures | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **conduct** | past | | Prince | | | | with great ceremony | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **banquet** | gerund | | | | | | | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **place** | past | figures *= figure* | figures *= figure* | | a long table | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme at table=Destination | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/77/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)