--- title: “As they laid me under the enchantment the fairies told me all my hi… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “As they laid me under the enchantment the fairies told me all my history, for until then I had quite believed that I was their child, and warned me that my only chance of regaining my natural form was to win the love of a prince who resembled in every way my unfortunate lover. 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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 (they, fairies, I, only chance), 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:pg503:25:1 # text = “As they laid me under the enchantment the fairies told me all my history, for until then I had quite believed that I was their child, and warned me that my only chance of regaining my natural form was to win the love of a prince who resembled in every way my unfortunate lover. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 As as SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 5 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 under under ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 11 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 15 det:predet _ _ 14 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 18 until until ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 obl _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 quite quite ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 parataxis _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 32 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 chance chance NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nsubj _ _ 37 of of SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 38 regaining regain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 36 acl _ _ 39 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 40 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 win win VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 resembled resemble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 54 det _ _ 54 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 55 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lay** *in a quote* | past | they | me | | the enchantment | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme under enchantment=Destination | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the fairies | my history | me | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient history=Topic | | 3 | **believe** *in a quote* | past · perfect | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | I | fairies's child | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **warn** *speech: warn* *in a quote* | past | the fairies *not said here* | | me | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 6 | **regain** *in a quote* | gerund | my only chance *not said here* | my natural form | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | past | my only chance | | | | | win *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **resemble** *in a quote* | past | a prince | my unfortunate lover | | every way | | | tree rules | | 9 | **chance** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **form** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **love** *in a quote* | | | a prince | | | | | nom love «feeling 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: [The White Cat, part 2, 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/96/) - next →: [sentence 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/2/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/25/)