--- title: And then she dreamed that she was walking by a brook bordered with t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And then she dreamed that she was walking by a brook bordered with trees, and lamenting her sad fate, when a young prince, handsomer than anyone she had ever seen, and with a voice that went straight to her heart, came and said to her, “Ah, Beauty! you are not so unfortunate as you suppose. 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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 (Beauty, voice), 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:pg503:15:51 # text = And then she dreamed that she was walking by a brook bordered with trees, and lamenting her sad fate, when a young prince, handsomer than anyone she had ever seen, and with a voice that went straight to her heart, came and said to her, “Ah, Beauty! you are not so unfortunate as you suppose. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dreamed dream VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 bordered border VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 lamenting lament VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 27 advmod _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 handsomer handsome ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 conj _ _ 28 than than ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 27 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 33 advmod _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 40 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 straight straight ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 52 “ " PUNCT `` _ 55 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 55 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 55 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ! ! PUNCT . _ 55 punct _ _ 57 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 58 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 cop _ _ 59 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 60 so so ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 61 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 conj _ _ 62 as as SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 64 suppose suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dream** | past | Beauty | | | | then | | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **walk** | past · progressive | Beauty | | | | | by a brook | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by brook=Trajectory | | 3 | **border** | participle | | a brook *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lament** | gerund | Beauty *not said here* | Beauty's sad fate | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | | 5 | **see** | past · perfect | Beauty | | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **go** | past | a voice | | | Beauty's heart | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to heart=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **come** | past | Beauty *not said here* | | | | | with a voice | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **say** *speech: express* | past | Beauty *not said here* | | Beauty | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | | 9 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | Beauty | | | | | unfortunate *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **suppose** *in a quote* | present | Beauty | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **fate** | | Beauty | | | | | | nom fate «event 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/52/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)