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title: THE BRONZE RING PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS EAST OF… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: THE BRONZE RING PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON THE YELLOW DWARF LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP THE TALE OF A YOUTH WHO SET OUT TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS RUM
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Fairy Book, sentence 4

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THE BRONZE RING PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON THE YELLOW DWARF LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP THE TALE OF A YOUTH WHO SET OUT TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS RUMPELSTILTZKIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST THE MASTER-MAID WHY THE SEA IS SALT THE MASTER CAT; OR, PUSS IN BOOTS FELICIA AND THE POT OF PINKS THE WHITE CAT THE WATER-LILY.

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**Who acts:** YOUTH, BEAST, SEA · **What happens:** sleep, set out, learn, be, maid · **To what, where:** RUMPELSTILTZKIN BEAUTY, MASTER CAT · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Fairy Book. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (YOUTH, BEAST, SEA), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:1:4
# text = THE BRONZE RING PRINCE HYACINTH AND THE DEAR LITTLE PRINCESS EAST OF THE SUN AND WEST OF THE MOON THE YELLOW DWARF LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER ALADDIN AND THE WONDERFUL LAMP THE TALE OF A YOUTH WHO SET OUT TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS RUMPELSTILTZKIN BEAUTY AND THE BEAST THE MASTER-MAID WHY THE SEA IS SALT THE MASTER CAT; OR, PUSS IN BOOTS FELICIA AND THE POT OF PINKS THE WHITE CAT THE WATER-LILY.
1	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	BRONZE	bronze	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	RING	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	PRINCE	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	HYACINTH	hyacinth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	DEAR	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
9	LITTLE	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	PRINCESS	princess	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	EAST	EAST	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
12	OF	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	SUN	SUN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	WEST	WEST	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
17	OF	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	MOON	MOON	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
21	YELLOW	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
22	DWARF	dwarf	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
23	LITTLE	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
24	RED	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
25	RIDING	riding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	HOOD	hood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
28	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	SLEEPING	sleep	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	30	amod	_	_
30	BEAUTY	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	_
31	IN	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	WOOD	wood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	CINDERELLA	CINDERELLA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	OR	OR	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
39	LITTLE	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
40	GLASS	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	SLIPPER	slipper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
42	ALADDIN	ALADDIN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	appos	_	_
43	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
44	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	WONDERFUL	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	LAMP	lamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	_
47	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	TALE	TALE	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	_
49	OF	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	YOUTH	youth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	_
52	WHO	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	53	nsubj	_	_
53	SET	set	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	acl:relcl	_	_
54	OUT	out	ADP	RP	_	53	compound:prt	_	_
55	TO	to	PART	TO	_	56	mark	_	_
56	LEARN	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	advcl	_	_
57	WHAT	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	61	nsubj	_	_
58	FEAR	fear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	_
59	WAS	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	cop	_	_
60	RUMPELSTILTZKIN	RUMPELSTILTZKIN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	compound	_	_
61	BEAUTY	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	ccomp	_	_
62	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
63	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	BEAST	BEAST	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	nsubj	_	_
65	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
66	MASTER	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	66	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	MAID	maid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	conj	_	_
69	WHY	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	68	acl:relcl	_	_
70	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	SEA	SEA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	76	nsubj	_	_
72	IS	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	76	cop	_	_
73	SALT	SALT	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	76	nsubj	_	_
74	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
75	MASTER	master	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	compound	_	_
76	CAT	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	78	punct	_	_
78	OR	OR	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	76	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	80	punct	_	_
80	PUSS	PUSS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	78	conj	_	_
81	IN	in	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
82	BOOTS	BOOTS	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	78	nmod	_	_
83	FELICIA	FELICIA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	82	flat	_	_
84	AND	and	CCONJ	CC	_	86	cc	_	_
85	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
86	POT	pot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	conj	_	_
87	OF	of	ADP	IN	_	88	case	_	_
88	PINKS	pink	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	86	nmod	_	_
89	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	91	det	_	_
90	WHITE	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	91	amod	_	_
91	CAT	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	88	appos	_	_
92	THE	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	95	det	_	_
93	WATER	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
94	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	93	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
95	LILY	lily	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
96	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sleep** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **set out** | past | a YOUTH |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **learn** | to-infinitive | a YOUTH *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is a** | past |  | RUMPELSTILTZKIN BEAUTY and the MASTER MAID |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **maid** |  | the BEAST |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **is a** | present | the SEA | the MASTER CAT and the POT of PINKS |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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