--- title: She put on a girdle and head-dress of diamonds, and, seeing in a gla… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She put on a girdle and head-dress of diamonds, and, seeing in a glass that she was more beautiful than ever, received the magician, saying, to his great amazement: “I have made up my mind that Aladdin is dead, and that all my tears will not bring him back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no more, a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/225/) [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/) / [Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/) / 225 # The Blue Fairy Book, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, sentence 225 She put on a girdle and head-dress of diamonds, and, seeing in a glass that she was more beautiful than ever, received the magician, saying, to his great amazement: “I have made up my mind that Aladdin is dead, and that all my tears will not bring him back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no more, and have therefore invited you to sup with me; but I am tired of the wines of China, and would fain taste those of Africa.” **Who acts:** woman, I, Aladdin, tears, you, my · **What happens:** put, see, be, receive, say, make up · **To what, where:** those, girdle, glass, magician, mind, Aladdin · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (woman, I, Aladdin, tears), 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:pg503:12:225 # text = She put on a girdle and head-dress of diamonds, and, seeing in a glass that she was more beautiful than ever, received the magician, saying, to his great amazement: “I have made up my mind that Aladdin is dead, and that all my tears will not bring him back to me, so I am resolved to mourn no more, and have therefore invited you to sup with me; but I am tired of the wines of China, and would fain taste those of Africa.” 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 girdle girdle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 diamonds diamond NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 16 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 glass glass NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 23 advmod _ _ 23 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ _ 24 than than ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 magician magician NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 amazement amazement NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 “ " PUNCT `` _ 41 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 36 parataxis _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 Aladdin Aladdin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 52 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 54 det:predet _ _ 53 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 nsubj _ _ 55 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 56 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 57 advmod _ _ 57 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 58 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 obj _ _ 59 back back ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 60 to to ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 59 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 63 so so ADV RB _ 66 advmod _ _ 64 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux:pass _ _ 66 resolved resolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 57 advcl _ _ 67 to to PART TO _ 68 mark _ _ 68 mourn mourn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 66 xcomp _ _ 69 no no ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 70 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 73 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 74 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 75 advmod _ _ 75 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 66 conj _ _ 76 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ _ 77 to to PART TO _ 78 mark _ _ 78 sup sup VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 75 xcomp _ _ 79 with with ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 80 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 78 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ; ; PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 82 but but CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 83 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 85 nsubj _ _ 84 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 85 cop _ _ 85 tired tired ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 86 of of ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 88 det _ _ 88 wines wine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 obl _ _ 89 of of ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 90 China China PROPN NNP Number=Sing 88 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 96 punct _ _ 92 and and CCONJ CC _ 96 cc _ _ 93 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 96 aux _ _ 94 fain fain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 95 amod _ _ 95 taste taste NOUN NN Number=Sing 96 nsubj _ _ 96 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ 97 of of ADP IN _ 98 case _ _ 98 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 96 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 99 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 100 ” " PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | woman | those | | a girdle and head dress of diamonds | | | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | gerund | woman *not said here* | | | a glass | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is** | past | woman | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **receive** | past | | the magician | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magician=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **make up** *in a quote* | present · perfect | I | my mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Aladdin | | | | | dead *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **bring** *in a quote* | future | my tears | | Aladdin | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 9 | **resolve** *in a quote* | present · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **mourn** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | more | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus | | 11 | **invite** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | you | | | | therefore *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 12 | **sup** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | with me | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | | of the wines of China; tired *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **amaze** | | Aladdin | | | | | | nom amazement «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 15 | **mind** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 224](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/224/) - next →: [sentence 226](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/226/) - ↑ back to [Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/12/)