--- title: So everything went on for a long time, until at last, happy as she w… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So everything went on for a long time, until at last, happy as she was, Beauty began to long for the sight of her father and her brothers and sisters; and one night, seeing her look very sad, the Beast asked her what was the matter. Who acts: everything, Beauty, Beast. 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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 (everything, Beauty, Beast), 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:pg503:16:4 # text = So everything went on for a long time, until at last, happy as she was, Beauty began to long for the sight of her father and her brothers and sisters; and one night, seeing her look very sad, the Beast asked her what was the matter. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 until until SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 14 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 Beauty Beauty PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 37 nummod _ _ 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Beast Beast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 iobj _ _ 49 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 52 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 cop _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | everything | | | | night; time | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **be** | past | Beauty | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **begin** | past | Beauty | | | | | for the sight of Beauty's father and Beauty's brothers and sisters; long *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **see** | gerund | everything *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | everything *not said here* | | | | | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Beast | | Beauty | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 7 | **is a** | past | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **sight** | | | Beauty's father and Beauty's brothers and sisters | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/5/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/)