--- title: “So the old fairy led her into the castle, and, though it was still… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “So the old fairy led her into the castle, and, though it was still the middle of the night, the Queen could see plainly that it was far more beautiful than she had been told, which you can easily believe, Prince,” said the White Cat, “when I tell you that it was this castle that we are now in. 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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 (old fairy, castle, Queen, you), 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:pg503:24:75 # text = “So the old fairy led her into the castle, and, though it was still the middle of the night, the Queen could see plainly that it was far more beautiful than she had been told, which you can easily believe, Prince,” said the White Cat, “when I tell you that it was this castle that we are now in. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 So so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 though though SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 17 still still ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 28 plainly plainly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 32 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 33 advmod _ _ 33 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 34 advmod _ _ 34 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 advcl _ _ 35 than than SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 told tell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obj _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 easily easily ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 believe believe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 ” " PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 50 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 52 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 Cat cat NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 “ " PUNCT `` _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 56 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 58 advmod _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 59 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 58 iobj _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 63 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 det _ _ 64 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 ccomp _ _ 65 that that SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 66 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 67 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 cop _ _ 68 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 69 advmod _ _ 69 in in ADV RB _ 64 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lead** *in a quote* | past | the old fairy | condition | | the castle | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme into castle=Destination | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | castle | the middle | | | still; night | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** *in a quote* | could | the Queen | | | | | plainly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | past | castle | | | | | beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | Queen | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **believe** *in a quote* | can | you | Prince | | | | easily *property* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme prince=Eventuality | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the White Cat | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | the White Cat *= cat* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | castle | this castle | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we | | | | now | in *property* | tree rules | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/76/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)