--- title: The boots were very long and large; but as they were Fairies, they h… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The boots were very long and large; but as they were Fairies, they had the gift of becoming big and little, according to the legs of those who wore them; so that they fitted his feet and legs as well as if they had been made on purpose for him. Who acts: boots, gift. A sentence of «The Fairy Tales o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/150/) [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/) / [The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/) / [Upon Earth"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/) / 150 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"\], sentence 150 The boots were very long and large; but as they were Fairies, they had the gift of becoming big and little, according to the legs of those who wore them; so that they fitted his feet and legs as well as if they had been made on purpose for him. **Who acts:** boots, gift · **What happens:** be, have, become, accord, wear, fit · **To what, where:** gift, boots, feet, purpose This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"\]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boots, gift), 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:pg29021:14:150 # text = The boots were very long and large; but as they were Fairies, they had the gift of becoming big and little, according to the legs of those who wore them; so that they fitted his feet and legs as well as if they had been made on purpose for him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 10 as as SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 advcl _ _ 13 Fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 becoming become VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 acl _ _ 21 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 xcomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 25 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 case _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 25 fixed _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 28 nmod _ _ 31 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 32 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 acl:relcl _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 35 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 38 mark _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 fixed _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 fitted fit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ _ 43 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 50 cc _ _ 44 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 43 fixed _ _ 45 as as ADP IN _ 43 fixed _ _ 46 if if SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 47 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 48 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 conj _ _ 51 on on ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the boots | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the boots *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | past | boots *= boot* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **have** | past | boots *= boot* | the gift | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient | | 5 | **become** | gerund | the gift *not said here* | | | | | accord the legs of those; big *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wear** | past | | boots *= boot* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source | | 8 | **fit** | past | boots *= boot* | Fairy's feet and legs | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 9 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | boots *= boot* | | purpose for Fairy | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | 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 149](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/149/) - next →: [sentence 151](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/151/) - ↑ back to [Upon Earth"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/14/)