--- title: The boots were very long and large, but, as they were fairies, they… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The boots were very long and large, but, as they were fairies, they had the gift of becoming big and little, according to the legs of those who wore them; so that they fitted his feet and legs as well as if they had been made on purpose for him. Who acts: boots, gift. 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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 (boots, gift), 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:pg503:33:125 # text = The boots were very long and large, but, as they were fairies, they had the gift of becoming big and little, according to the legs of those who wore them; so that they fitted his feet and legs as well as if they had been made on purpose for him. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boots boot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 as as ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 16 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 21 becoming become VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 19 acl _ _ 22 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 case _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 26 fixed _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 nmod _ _ 32 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 wore wear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 39 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 fitted fit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 legs leg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ _ 44 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 39 advmod _ _ 45 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 fixed _ _ 46 as as ADP IN _ 44 fixed _ _ 47 if if SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 49 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 50 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 advcl _ _ 52 on on ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 54 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the boots | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | the boots *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | boots *= boot* | | | | | as fairies | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | boots *= boot* | the gift | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Patient | | 5 | **become** | gerund | the gift *not said here* | | | | | accord the legs of those; big *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wear** | past | | boots *= boot* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source | | 8 | **fit** | past | boots *= boot* | ogre's feet and legs | | | | | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient | | 9 | **make** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | | boots *= boot* | | purpose | | for ogre | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for he=Beneficiary | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/126/) - ↑ back to [Little Thumb](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/33/)