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# The Blue Fairy Book, Beauty and the Beast, part 3, sentence 74

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Beauty, who had half expected that he would be angry with her, was reassured by his gentle voice, and went back to the palace, where supper was awaiting her; and afterward the Beast came in as usual, and talked about the time she had spent with her father, asking if she had enjoyed herself, and if they had all been very glad to see her.

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**Who acts:** Beast, gentle voice, supper, father · **What happens:** expect, be, reassure, go back, await, come in · **To what, where:** Beauty, time

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Beauty and the Beast, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Beast, gentle voice, supper, father), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:16:74
# text = Beauty, who had half expected that he would be angry with her, was reassured by his gentle voice, and went back to the palace, where supper was awaiting her; and afterward the Beast came in as usual, and talked about the time she had spent with her father, asking if she had enjoyed herself, and if they had all been very glad to see her.
1	Beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	half	half	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	6	advmod	_	_
6	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl:relcl	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
11	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advcl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	reassured	reassure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
19	gentle	gentle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
24	back	back	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	32	advmod	_	_
30	supper	supper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
31	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	awaiting	await	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	acl:relcl	_	_
33	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
36	afterward	afterward	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
39	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
40	in	in	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
41	as	as	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	usual	usual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	talked	talk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	conj	_	_
46	about	about	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
49	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
50	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
51	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	48	acl:relcl	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
56	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	45	advcl	_	_
57	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
58	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
59	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	aux	_	_
60	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	56	ccomp	_	_
61	herself	herself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	60	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
63	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	70	cc	_	_
64	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	70	mark	_	_
65	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	nsubj	_	_
66	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
67	all	all	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
68	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	70	cop	_	_
69	very	very	ADV	RB	_	70	advmod	_	_
70	glad	glad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	conj	_	_
71	to	to	PART	TO	_	72	mark	_	_
72	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	xcomp	_	_
73	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	72	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expect** | past · perfect · passive |  | Beauty |  |  |  | half *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | would | Beast |  |  |  |  | with Beauty; angry *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reassure** | past · passive | Beast's gentle voice | Beauty |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
| 4 | **go back** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result |
| 5 | **await** | past · progressive | supper | Beauty |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **come in** | past |  |  |  |  |  | afterward the Beast; as usual | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **talk** | past |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **spend** | past · perfect | supper | the time *not said here* |  |  |  | with Beauty's father | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent time=Asset |
| 9 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 10 | **enjoy** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | supper | Beauty |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus |
| 11 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | father |  |  |  |  | all, glad *property* | tree rules |
| 12 | **see** | to-infinitive | father *not said here* | Beauty |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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