--- title: So at last one of them was glad enough to show Tom the way to the pa… — Celtic Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So at last one of them was glad enough to show Tom the way to the palace-yard; and there was the king, and the queen, and the princess, in a gallery, looking at all sorts of wrestling, and sword-playing, and long-dances, and mumming, all to please the princess; but not a smile came over her handsome --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/28/) [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/) / [Celtic Fairy Tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/) / [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/) / 28 # Celtic Fairy Tales, The Lad With the Goat-skin, sentence 28 So at last one of them was glad enough to show Tom the way to the palace-yard; and there was the king, and the queen, and the princess, in a gallery, looking at all sorts of wrestling, and sword-playing, and long-dances, and mumming, all to please the princess; but not a smile came over her handsome face. **Who acts:** gallery, smile · **What happens:** be, show, look, play, please, not come · **To what, where:** way, Tom, king, princess, handsome face, wrestling This is a sentence of «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, The Lad With the Goat-skin. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (gallery, smile), 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:pg7885:33:28 # text = So at last one of them was glad enough to show Tom the way to the palace-yard; and there was the king, and the queen, and the princess, in a gallery, looking at all sorts of wrestling, and sword-playing, and long-dances, and mumming, all to please the princess; but not a smile came over her handsome face. 1 So so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 glad glad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 enough enough ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 12 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 18 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 yard yard NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 23 expl _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 gallery gallery NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 looking look VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 acl _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 42 det _ _ 42 sorts sort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 wrestling wrestling NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 47 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 playing play VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 dances dance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 mumming mumming NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 59 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 25 conj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 advcl _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 ; ; PUNCT : _ 69 punct _ _ 65 but but CCONJ CC _ 69 cc _ _ 66 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 69 advmod _ _ 67 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 smile smile NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 69 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 70 over over ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 71 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 73 nmod:poss _ _ 72 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 amod _ _ 73 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | at last one of others; enough, glad *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | | the way | Tom | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent tom=Recipient way=Topic | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the king and the queen and the princess and a gallery and long dances and mumming | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **look** | gerund | a gallery *not said here* | | | | | at all sorts of wrestling | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at sort=Theme | | 5 | **play** | gerund | a gallery *not said here* | | | | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **please** | to-infinitive | | the princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus princess=Experiencer | | 7 | **not** **come** | past | a smile | | | smile's handsome face | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over face=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **sort** | | | wrestling | | | | | nom sort «cognition 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:** «Celtic Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7885 (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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/29/) - ↑ back to [The Lad With the Goat-skin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7885/33/)