--- title: The good Fairy who had saved her life by condemning her to sleep a h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The good Fairy who had saved her life by condemning her to sleep a hundred years was in the kingdom of Matakin, twelve thousand leagues off, when this accident befell the Princess; but she was instantly informed of it by a little dwarf, who had boots of seven leagues, that is, boots with which he co --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/33/) [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/) / 33 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 33 The good Fairy who had saved her life by condemning her to sleep a hundred years was in the kingdom of Matakin, twelve thousand leagues off, when this accident befell the Princess; but she was instantly informed of it by a little dwarf, who had boots of seven leagues, that is, boots with which he could tread over seven leagues of ground in one stride. **Who acts:** good Fairy, twelve thousand, accident, little dwarf, that, dwarf · **What happens:** save, condemn, sleep, be, league off, befall · **To what, where:** good Fairy, Princess, kingdom, boots, seven leagues, one stride 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 (good Fairy, twelve thousand, accident, little dwarf), 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:pg503:10:33 # text = The good Fairy who had saved her life by condemning her to sleep a hundred years was in the kingdom of Matakin, twelve thousand leagues off, when this accident befell the Princess; but she was instantly informed of it by a little dwarf, who had boots of seven leagues, that is, boots with which he could tread over seven leagues of ground in one stride. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 by by SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 condemning condemn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Matakin Matakin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 compound _ _ 25 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nsubj _ _ 26 leagues league VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 27 off off ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 30 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 befell befall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 40 punct _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 39 instantly instantly ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 dwarf dwarf NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 49 nsubj _ _ 49 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 acl:relcl _ _ 50 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 51 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 53 nummod _ _ 53 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 nsubj _ _ 56 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 58 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 58 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 conj _ _ 59 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 63 obl _ _ 61 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 tread tread VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 parataxis _ _ 64 over over ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 66 nummod _ _ 66 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obj _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nmod _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 70 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 71 nummod _ _ 71 stride stride NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | past · perfect · passive | | the good Fairy | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary life=Theme | | 2 | **condemn** | gerund | | Princess | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 3 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | | | | | year | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the good Fairy | | | the kingdom and boots | | of Matakin | tree rules | | 5 | **league off** | present | twelve thousand | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **befall** | past | this accident | the Princess | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **inform** *speech: other* | past · passive | a little dwarf | Princess | | | | of accident; instantly *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient of it=Topic | | 8 | **have** | past | a little dwarf | boots of seven leagues | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient | | 9 | **is a** | present | that | boots | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **tread** | could | dwarf | seven leagues of ground | | one stride | | with boots | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent league=Patient with which=Instrument | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/34/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)