--- title: The Fairy made choice of one of the three, which had the largest bea… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The Fairy made choice of one of the three, which had the largest beard, and, having touched him with her wand, he was turned into a fat jolly coachman, who had the smartest whiskers eyes ever beheld. Who acts: Fairy, having, fat jolly coachman. 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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 (Fairy, having, fat jolly coachman), 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:pg29021:11:57 # text = The Fairy made choice of one of the three, which had the largest beard, and, having touched him with her wand, he was turned into a fat jolly coachman, who had the smartest whiskers eyes ever beheld. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 12 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 15 amod _ _ 15 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 csubj _ _ 20 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 21 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 29 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 32 jolly jolly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 coachman coachman NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 38 smartest smart ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 40 amod _ _ 39 whiskers whisker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 compound _ _ 40 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 42 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the Fairy | choice of one of the three | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Product | | 2 | **have** | past | | the largest beard | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **touch** | past | having | Fairy | | | | with godmother's wand | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer with wand=Instrument | | 5 | **turn** | past · passive | | Fairy | | a fat jolly coachman | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into coachman=Trajectory | | 6 | **have** | past | a fat jolly coachman | the smartest whiskers eyes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 7 | **behold** | participle | | the smartest whiskers eyes *not said here* | | | ever | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/58/) - ↑ back to [Followed the King, Who Went Up First"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/11/)