--- title: There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her god-… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her god-mothers all the fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of fairies in those days. Who acts: fine christening, Princess, fairies, one. 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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 (fine christening, Princess, fairies, one), 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:pg503:10:4 # text = There was a very fine christening; and the Princess had for her god-mothers all the fairies they could find in the whole kingdom (they found seven), that every one of them might give her a gift, as was the custom of fairies in those days. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 2 expl _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 14 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 15 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 mothers mother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 27 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 34 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 35 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nmod _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 custom custom NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 52 det _ _ 52 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | a fine christening | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | past | the Princess | | | | | for Princess's god mothers all fairies | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **find** | could | fairies *= fairy* | all fairies *not said here* | | the whole kingdom | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Topic | | 4 | **find** | past | fairies *= fairy* | seven | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seven=Topic | | 5 | **give** | might | every one of fairies | a gift | Princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient gift=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | | | as the custom; of fairies in that days | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/5/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)