--- title: Beauty found her supper served just at the time she preferred to hav… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Beauty found her supper served just at the time she preferred to have it, but she did not see anyone or hear a sound, and, though her father had warned her that she would be alone, she began to find it rather dull. Who acts: Beauty, supper, father. 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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, supper, father), 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:pg503:15:78 # text = Beauty found her supper served just at the time she preferred to have it, but she did not see anyone or hear a sound, and, though her father had warned her that she would be alone, she began to find it rather dull. 1 Beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 supper supper NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 served serve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 6 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 18 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 21 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 20 obj _ _ 22 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 29 though though SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 warned warn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 cop _ _ 39 alone alone ADV RB _ 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 rather rather ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 dull dull ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | Beauty | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | past | Beauty's supper | | | | time | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **prefer** | past | supper | the time *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | supper *not said here* | room | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 5 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | supper | anyone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus | | 6 | **hear** | infinitive | supper *not said here* | a sound | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | | 7 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect | Beauty's father | | Beauty | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 8 | **is** | would | supper | | | | | alone *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **begin** | past | supper | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **find** | to-infinitive | supper *not said here* | room | | | | dull *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | 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 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/77/) - next →: [sentence 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/79/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)