--- title: A table was spread for him too, and when he had wandered about for s… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: A table was spread for him too, and when he had wandered about for some time, singing and playing the flute, he sat down as his companions had done, prepared to enjoy the delicious food that was spread out in front of him. Who acts: fiddler. 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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 (fiddler), 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:pg7277:55:34 # text = A table was spread for him too, and when he had wandered about for some time, singing and playing the flute, he sat down as his companions had done, prepared to enjoy the delicious food that was spread out in front of him. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 13 wandered wander VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 14 about about ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 singing sing VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 advcl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 playing play VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 conj _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 flute flute NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 down down ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 delicious delicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 43 out out ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spread** | past · passive | | a table | | | | for fiddler | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **wander** | past · perfect | fiddler | | | | time | about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | fiddler *not said here* | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **play** | gerund | fiddler *not said here* | the flute | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flute=Theme | | 5 | **sit down** | past | fiddler | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | fiddler's companions | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **prepare** | participle | | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 8 | **enjoy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | the delicious food | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus | | 9 | **spread out** | past · passive | | the delicious food | | front of fiddler | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in front=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/35/) - ↑ back to [The Three Musicians](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/55/)