--- title: By the aid of her magic mirror the witch beheld the new princess wal… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: By the aid of her magic mirror the witch beheld the new princess walking in her gardens in a dress of green silk, and in a few minutes had produced a mask so like her, that very few people could have told the difference. Who acts: witch, new princess. 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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 (witch, new princess), 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:pg3027:12:91 # text = By the aid of her magic mirror the witch beheld the new princess walking in her gardens in a dress of green silk, and in a few minutes had produced a mask so like her, that very few people could have told the difference. 1 By by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 aid aid NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 mirror mirror NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 14 walking walk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 13 acl _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 silk silk NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 mask mask NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 35 like like ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux _ _ 44 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 difference difference NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | the witch | the new princess | | | | by the aid of witch's magic mirror | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 2 | **walk** | gerund | the new princess *not said here* | | | witch's gardens | | in a dress of green silk | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory | | 3 | **produce** | past · perfect | the witch *not said here* | a mask | | | minute | like witch | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mask=Result | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | could · perfect · passive | | that | the difference | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient difference=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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/92/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/)