--- title: The fairy made choice of one of the three which had the largest bear… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fairy made choice of one of the three which had the largest beard, and, having touched him with her wand, he was turned into a fat, jolly coachman, who had the smartest whiskers eyes ever beheld. Who acts: fairy, having, fat jolly coachman. 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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 (fairy, having, fat jolly coachman), 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:pg503:11:38 # text = The fairy made choice of one of the three which had the largest beard, and, having touched him with her wand, he was turned into a fat, jolly coachman, who had the smartest whiskers eyes ever beheld. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 choice choice NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nmod _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nmod _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 largest large ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 14 amod _ _ 14 beard beard NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 csubj _ _ 19 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 30 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 jolly jolly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 coachman coachman NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 smartest smart ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 amod _ _ 39 whiskers whisker NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 compound _ _ 40 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 41 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 42 advmod _ _ 42 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | the fairy | choice of one of the three | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent choice=Product | | 2 | **have** | past | | the largest beard | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beard=Patient | | 3 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **touch** | past | having | fairy | | | | with Cinderella's wand | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer with wand=Instrument | | 5 | **turn** | past · passive | | fairy | | a fat jolly coachman | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into coachman=Trajectory | | 6 | **have** | past | a fat jolly coachman | whiskers eyes | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | | 7 | **behold** | participle | | whiskers eyes *not said here* | | | ever | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/39/) - ↑ back to [Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/11/)