--- title: One of the young fairies who sat by her overheard how she grumbled;… — The Blue Fairy Book · 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 table, and hid herself behind the hangings, that she might speak last, and repair, as much as she could, the evil which the old --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/11/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/) / 11 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 11 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 table, and hid herself behind the hangings, that she might speak last, and repair, as much as she could, the evil which the old Fairy might intend. **Who acts:** young fairies, company, fairies, 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. 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, fairies, 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:pg503:10:11 # 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 table, and hid herself behind the hangings, that she might speak last, and repair, as much as 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 NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 by by SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 overheard overhear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 13 advmod _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 grumbled grumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 judging judge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 iobj _ _ 25 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 27 det _ _ 26 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 35 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 36 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 41 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 40 obj _ _ 42 behind behind ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 hangings hanging NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 50 last last ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 repair repair NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 as as ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 57 as as SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 conj _ _ 63 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 68 obj _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ _ 67 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 68 intend intend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 69 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the young fairies | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **overhear** | past | company | | | | | | 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 and the evil | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **rise** | past | fairies *= fairy* | | | table | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from table=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **hide** | past | fairies *= fairy* *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 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. - ← previous: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/12/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)