--- title: One would have taken her for a little angel, she was so very beautif… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One would have taken her for a little angel, she was so very beautiful; for her swooning away had not diminished one bit of her complexion; her cheeks were carnation, and her lips were coral; indeed, her eyes were shut, but she was heard to breathe softly, which satisfied those about her that she wa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/31/) [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/) / 31 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 31 One would have taken her for a little angel, she was so very beautiful; for her swooning away had not diminished one bit of her complexion; her cheeks were carnation, and her lips were coral; indeed, her eyes were shut, but she was heard to breathe softly, which satisfied those about her that she was not dead. **Who acts:** Princess, cheeks, lips, eyes · **What happens:** take, be, swoon away, not diminish, hear, breathe · **To what, where:** One, one bit, carnation, Princess, those 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 (Princess, cheeks, lips, eyes), 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:pg503:10:31 # text = One would have taken her for a little angel, she was so very beautiful; for her swooning away had not diminished one bit of her complexion; her cheeks were carnation, and her lips were coral; indeed, her eyes were shut, but she was heard to breathe softly, which satisfied those about her that she was not dead. 1 One one PRON PRP PronType=Ind 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 aux _ _ 4 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 angel angel NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 swooning swoon VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 20 away away ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 diminished diminish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 complexion complexion NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 cheeks cheek NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 carnation carnation NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nsubj _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 coral coral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 41 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nsubj _ _ 45 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 cop _ _ 46 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 48 but but CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 49 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 breathe breathe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 softly softly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 57 nsubj _ _ 57 satisfied satisfy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 conj _ _ 58 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 57 obj _ _ 59 about about ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obl _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 64 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 65 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | would · perfect · passive | | One | | | | for a little angel | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme she=Destination | | 2 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **swoon away** | gerund | Princess | | | | | away *property* | vn change\_bodily\_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **diminish** | past · perfect | Princess *not said here* | one bit of Princess's complexion | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer bit=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | Princess's cheeks | carnation | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | Princess's lips | | | | | coral *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | Princess's eyes | | | | | indeed, shut *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **hear** | past · passive | | Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **breathe** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | softly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **satisfy** | past | | those | | | | about Princess | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer | | 11 | **not** **is** | past | Princess | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | 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 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/32/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)