--- title: She thought she was wandering in a lonely path in the palace gardens… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She thought she was wandering in a lonely path in the palace gardens, when she heard groans which seemed to come from some bushes hiding the entrance of a cave, and running quickly to see what could be the matter, she found the Beast stretched out upon his side, apparently dying. 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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, groans, bushes, 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:pg503:16:50 # text = She thought she was wandering in a lonely path in the palace gardens, when she heard groans which seemed to come from some bushes hiding the entrance of a cave, and running quickly to see what could be the matter, she found the Beast stretched out upon his side, apparently dying. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 wandering wonder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 ccomp _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 lonely lonely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 18 groans groan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 19 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 20 nsubj _ _ 20 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 25 bushes bush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 hiding hide VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 acl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 cave cave NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 35 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 38 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 37 obj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 42 cop _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Beast Beast PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 48 stretched stretch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 ccomp _ _ 49 out out ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 upon upon ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Beauty | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | past · progressive | Beauty | | | a lonely path in the palace gardens | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **hear** | past | Beauty | groans | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer groan=Stimulus | | 4 | **seem** | past | groans | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **come** | to-infinitive | groans *not said here* | | | some bushes | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bush=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **hide** | gerund | some bushes *not said here* | the entrance of a cave | | | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entrance=Patient | | 7 | **run** | gerund | Beauty *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** | to-infinitive | Beauty *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 9 | **is a** | could | | the matter | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **find** | past | Beauty | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **stretch out** | past | the Beast | | | | | upon Beast's side | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 12 | **die** | gerund | the Beast *not said here* | | | | | apparently *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/51/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/)