--- title: It seemed to fly rather than gallop, but so smoothly that Beauty was… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It seemed to fly rather than gallop, but so smoothly that Beauty was not frightened; indeed, she would have enjoyed the journey if she had not feared what might happen to her at the end of it. Who acts: It, Beauty. 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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 (It, Beauty), 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:pg503:15:8 # text = It seemed to fly rather than gallop, but so smoothly that Beauty was not frightened; indeed, she would have enjoyed the journey if she had not feared what might happen to her at the end of it. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 7 cc _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 5 fixed _ _ 7 gallop gallop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 smoothly smoothly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 Beauty Beauty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 16 advmod _ _ 16 frightened frighten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 18 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 feared fear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 31 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 nsubj _ _ 32 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 ccomp _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | It | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **fly** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **frighten** | past · passive | | Beauty | | | | indeed *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **enjoy** | would · perfect | Beauty | the journey | | | | smoothly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer journey=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **fear** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Beauty | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **happen** | might | | | Beauty | | at the end of end | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at end=Location | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/9/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/15/)