--- title: Then suddenly he remembered the fairy’s gift, and taking out the cur… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then suddenly he remembered the fairy’s gift, and taking out the curl he said to it: “I want a castle here, and servants, and dinner, and everything to make me comfortable tonight; and besides that, I must have a stable and fodder for my horse.” Who acts: beast, thing, fairy. 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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 (beast, thing, fairy), 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:pg2435:12:92 # text = Then suddenly he remembered the fairy’s gift, and taking out the curl he said to it: “I want a castle here, and servants, and dinner, and everything to make me comfortable tonight; and besides that, I must have a stable and fodder for my horse.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 remembered remember VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’s 's PART POS _ 6 case _ _ 8 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 12 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 curl curl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 “ " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 dinner dinner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 4 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 acl _ _ 37 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 comfortable comfortable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 tonight tonight NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 42 besides besides ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 46 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 fodder fodder NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 conj _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ” " PUNCT '' _ 47 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remember** | past | beast | the fairy's gift | | | then | servants *obl*; dinner *obl*; suddenly *property* | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent gift=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **take out** | gerund | beast *not said here* | the curl | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curl=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | beast | the curl *not said here* | curl | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent curl=Topic to it=Recipient | | 4 | **want** *in a quote* | present | thing | a castle | | here | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot castle=Theme | | 5 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | beast *not said here* | thing | | | tonight | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product | | 6 | **have** *in a quote* | must | thing | a stable and fodder | | | | besides that; for my horse | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stable=Patient | | 7 | **gift** | | the fairy | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/93/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)