--- title: Two fairies were they; the younger, it is true, was not Dame Fortune… — Andersen's Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: Two fairies were they; the younger, it is true, was not Dame Fortune herself, but one of the waiting-maids of her handmaidens who carry about the lesser good things that she distributes; the other looked extremely gloomy--it was Care. Who acts: Two fairies, skin, fairies, handmaidens. 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C. Andersen, The Shoes of Fortune, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Two fairies, skin, fairies, handmaidens), 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:pg1597:5:19 # text = Two fairies were they; the younger, it is true, was not Dame Fortune herself, but one of the waiting-maids of her handmaidens who carry about the lesser good things that she distributes; the other looked extremely gloomy--it was Care. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ; ; PUNCT : _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 15 Dame Dame PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 Fortune Fortune PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 17 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 20 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 48 nsubj _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 23 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 24 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 handmaidens handmaiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nmod _ _ 29 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 30 nsubj _ _ 30 carry carry VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 acl:relcl _ _ 31 about about ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 33 lesser less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 35 amod _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 distributes distribute VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 nsubj _ _ 42 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 43 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 -- -- PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 Care Care PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Two fairies | fairies *= fairy* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | skin | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is a** | past | fairies *= fairy* | Dame Fortune but Care | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **carry** | present | One's handmaidens | | | | | about the lesser good things | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **distribute** | present | One | | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **look** | past | the other | | | | | gloomy *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **is a** | past | one of the waiting maids of One's handmaidens | Care | | | | | 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:** «Andersen's Fairy Tales» by H. C. Andersen, Project Gutenberg book 1597 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/20/) - ↑ back to [The Shoes of Fortune, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg1597/5/)