--- title: One of the young Fairies, who sat by her, overheard how she grumbled… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: One of the young Fairies, who sat by her, overheard how she grumbled; and judging that she might give the little Princess some unlucky gift, went, as soon as they rose from the table, and hid herself behind the hangings, that she might speak last, and repair, as much as possible she could, the evil --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/79/) [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/) / 79 # The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, \_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2, sentence 79 One of the young Fairies, who sat by her, overheard how she grumbled; and judging that she might give the little Princess some unlucky gift, went, as soon as they rose from the table, and hid herself behind the hangings, that she might speak last, and repair, as much as possible she could, the evil which the old Fairy might intend. **Who acts:** young Fairies, company, King, old Fairy · **What happens:** sit, overhear, grumble, judge, give, go · **To what, where:** unlucky gift, little Princess, repair, table, company, hangings · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (young Fairies, company, King, old 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:pg29021:8:79 # text = One of the young Fairies, who sat by her, overheard how she grumbled; and judging that she might give the little Princess some unlucky gift, went, as soon as they rose from the table, and hid herself behind the hangings, that she might speak last, and repair, as much as possible she could, the evil which the old Fairy might intend. 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Fairies Fairy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 overheard overhear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 grumbled grumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 18 judging judge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 advcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 iobj _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 27 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 30 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 43 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 42 obj _ _ 44 behind behind ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 hangings hanging NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 conj _ _ 52 last last ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 repair repair NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 57 as as ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ _ 58 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 nmod _ _ 59 as as SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 60 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 58 advcl _ _ 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ _ 66 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 71 obj _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 68 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nsubj _ _ 70 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 intend intend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the young Fairies | | | | | by company | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by she=Location | | 2 | **overhear** | past | the young Fairies *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **grumble** *speech: other* | past | company | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **judge** | gerund | | | | | | | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **give** | might | company | some unlucky gift | the little Princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient gift=Theme | | 6 | **go** | past | | repair much and the evil | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **rise** | past | King | | | the table | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from table=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **hide** | past | King *not said here* | company | | the hangings | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient behind hanging=Location | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | might | company | | | | | last *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **intend** | might | the old Fairy | the evil | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Topic | 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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/80/) - ↑ back to [\_thomas Bodkin\_, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/8/)