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title: And then she began to think where she could go for safety--for this… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 68

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And then she began to think where she could go for safety--for this forest was so close to her father’s castle that she might be seen and recognized by the first passer-by, and, besides that, it was full of lions and wolves, who would have snapped up a princess just as soon as a stray chicken.

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**Who acts:** Miranda, forest, that · **What happens:** begin, think, go, be, see, recognize · **To what, where:** Miranda, lions · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Miranda, forest, that), 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:pg503:30:68
# text = And then she began to think where she could go for safety--for this forest was so close to her father’s castle that she might be seen and recognized by the first passer-by, and, besides that, it was full of lions and wolves, who would have snapped up a princess just as soon as a stray chicken.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	ccomp	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
15	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	so	so	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	’s	's	PART	POS	_	22	case	_	_
24	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
26	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
27	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	advcl	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	recognized	recognize	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	conj	_	_
32	by	by	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	35	amod	_	_
35	passer	passer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	by	by	ADP	IN	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	besides	besides	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	46	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	nsubj	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	cop	_	_
46	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	lions	lion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj:pass	_	_
53	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
54	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	55	aux	_	_
55	snapped	snap	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	acl	_	_
56	up	up	ADP	RP	_	55	compound:prt	_	_
57	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	_
59	just	just	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
60	as	as	ADV	RB	_	61	advmod	_	_
61	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	55	advmod	_	_
62	as	as	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
63	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	stray	stray	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	compound	_	_
65	chicken	chicken	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **begin** | past | Miranda |  |  |  | then |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | Miranda *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | could | Miranda |  |  |  |  | for safety | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for safety=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **is** | past | this forest |  |  |  |  | to Miranda's father's castle; close *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **see** | might · passive |  | Miranda |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 6 | **recognize** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the first passer | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **is** | past | that |  |  |  |  | of lions and wolves; full *property* | tree rules |
| 8 | **snap up** | would · perfect · passive |  | lions and wolves |  |  |  | soon *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Patient princess=Result |

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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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