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title: From time to time, indeed, one regains his own proper form and goes… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: From time to time, indeed, one regains his own proper form and goes back again to his place in the upper world; but the other beings whom you saw are the rivals or the enemies of Ragotte, whom she has imprisoned for a hundred years or so; though even they will go back at last. Who acts: one, you, ot
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 2, sentence 44

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From time to time, indeed, one regains his own proper form and goes back again to his place in the upper world; but the other beings whom you saw are the rivals or the enemies of Ragotte, whom she has imprisoned for a hundred years or so; though even they will go back at last.

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**Who acts:** one, you, other beings, beings, King · **What happens:** regain, go back, see, be, imprison, form · **To what, where:** own proper form, other beings, rivals, last

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (one, you, other beings, beings), 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:pg503:31:44
# text = From time to time, indeed, one regains his own proper form and goes back again to his place in the upper world; but the other beings whom you saw are the rivals or the enemies of Ragotte, whom she has imprisoned for a hundred years or so; though even they will go back at last.
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nsubj	_	_
9	regains	regain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
11	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
17	again	again	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	upper	upper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
26	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	beings	being	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nsubj	_	_
30	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	32	obj	_	_
31	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	acl:relcl	_	_
33	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	parataxis	_	_
36	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	enemies	enemy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	Ragotte	Ragotte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	45	nsubj:pass	_	_
43	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	45	nsubj	_	_
44	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	45	aux	_	_
45	imprisoned	imprison	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	parataxis	_	_
46	for	for	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	49	nummod	_	_
49	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	_
50	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	so	so	ADV	RB	_	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	57	punct	_	_
53	though	though	ADV	RB	_	57	mark	_	_
54	even	even	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
55	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	nsubj	_	_
56	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
58	back	back	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
59	at	at	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **regain** | present | one | King's own proper form |  |  | time | indeed *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme |
| 2 | **go back** | present | one *not said here* |  |  |  | again | to King's place in the upper world *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to place=Result |
| 3 | **see** | past | you | the other beings |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the other beings | the rivals or the enemies of Ragotte |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **imprison** | present · perfect · passive |  | the rivals or the enemies of Ragotte |  |  | year |  | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **go back** | future | beings *= being* |  |  | last |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient |
| 7 | **form** |  | King |  |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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