--- title: The good Fairy, who had saved her life by condemning her to sleep a… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The good Fairy, who had saved her life by condemning her to sleep a hundred years, was in the kingdom of Matakin, twelve thousand leagues off, when this accident befell the Princess; but she was instantly informed of it by a little dwarf, who had boots of seven leagues, that is, boots with which he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/100/) [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/) / [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/) / 100 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2, sentence 100 The good Fairy, who had saved her life by condemning her to sleep a hundred years, was in the kingdom of Matakin, twelve thousand leagues off, when this accident befell the Princess; but she was instantly informed of it by a little dwarf, who had boots of seven leagues, that is, boots with which he could tread over seven leagues of ground at one stride. **Who acts:** good Fairy, twelve thousand, accident, little dwarf, that, dwarf · **What happens:** save, condemn, sleep, be, league off, befall · **To what, where:** good Fairy, Princess, kingdom, boots, seven leagues, one stride This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (good Fairy, twelve thousand, accident, little dwarf), 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:pg29021:8:100 # text = The good Fairy, who had saved her life by condemning her to sleep a hundred years, was in the kingdom of Matakin, twelve thousand leagues off, when this accident befell the Princess; but she was instantly informed of it by a little dwarf, who had boots of seven leagues, that is, boots with which he could tread over seven leagues of ground at one stride. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 by by SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 condemning condemn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Matakin Matakin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 compound _ _ 27 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nsubj _ _ 28 leagues league VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 29 off off ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 34 advmod _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 34 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 41 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 52 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 obj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 55 nummod _ _ 55 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 60 nsubj _ _ 58 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 60 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 60 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 61 with with ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 65 obl _ _ 63 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 64 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 65 tread tread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 parataxis _ _ 66 over over ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 68 nummod _ _ 68 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 65 obj _ _ 69 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nmod _ _ 71 at at ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 72 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 73 nummod _ _ 73 stride stride NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past · perfect · passive | | the good Fairy | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary life=Theme | | 2 | **condemn** | gerund | | Princess | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | year | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the good Fairy | | | the kingdom and boots | | of Matakin | tree rules | | 5 | **league off** | present | twelve thousand | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **befall** | past | this accident | the Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **inform** *speech: other* | past · passive | a little dwarf | Princess | | | | of accident; instantly *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient of it=Topic | | 8 | **have** | past | a little dwarf | boots of seven leagues | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient | | 9 | **is a** | present | that | boots | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **tread** | could | dwarf | seven leagues of ground | | one stride | | with boots | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent league=Patient with which=Instrument | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/101/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)