--- title: And she told him that she was the daughter of the King of that count… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And she told him that she was the daughter of the King of that country, and that she was tied there to be eaten by a monstrous beast out of the sea; for the beast came and devoured a girl every day. Who acts: girl, monstrous 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 (girl, monstrous 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:pg503:27:100 # text = And she told him that she was the daughter of the King of that country, and that she was tied there to be eaten by a monstrous beast out of the sea; for the beast came and devoured a girl every day. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 tied tie VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 22 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 24 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 25 aux:pass _ _ 25 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 advcl _ _ 26 by by ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 monstrous monstrous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 out out ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 beast beast NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 38 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 devoured devour VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | girl | | chain | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | girl | the daughter | | | | of the King of that country | tree rules | | 3 | **tie** | past · passive | | girl | | there | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **eat** | to-infinitive · passive | a monstrous beast | | | the sea | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent out sea=Source | | 5 | **come** | past | | | | | | for the beast | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **devour** | past | | a girl | | | day | | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/101/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)