--- title: “‘An unhappy being who loves you hopelessly,’ replied the voice, and… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “‘An unhappy being who loves you hopelessly,’ replied the voice, and at the same moment the flames began to flicker and cease to burn, and I saw a fairy, whom I had known as long as I could remember, and whose ugliness had always horrified me. Who acts: flames, Wonderful Sheep. 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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 (flames, Wonderful Sheep), 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:pg503:31:20 # text = “‘An unhappy being who loves you hopelessly,’ replied the voice, and at the same moment the flames began to flicker and cease to burn, and I saw a fairy, whom I had known as long as I could remember, and whose ugliness had always horrified me. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 hopelessly hopelessly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 12 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 flicker flicker VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 conj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 parataxis _ _ 41 as as ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 remember remember VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 49 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 ugliness ugliness NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 53 advmod _ _ 53 horrified horrify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 54 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **love** *in a quote* | present | | you | | | | hopelessly *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | | the voice | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent voice=Topic | | 4 | **begin** *in a quote* | past | the flames | | | | moment | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **flicker** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the flames *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cease** *in a quote* | infinitive | the flames *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **burn** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the flames *not said here* | | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **see** *in a quote* | past | the Wonderful Sheep *= sheep* | a fairy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fairy=Stimulus | | 9 | **know** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | a fairy | | | | long *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 10 | **remember** *in a quote* | could | the Wonderful Sheep *= sheep* | | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **horrify** *in a quote* | past · perfect · passive | | ugliness | | | | always *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer i=Result | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/21/) - ↑ back to [The Wonderful Sheep, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/31/)