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title: But these rebels, the Bigendians, have found so much encouragement a… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: But these rebels, the Bigendians, have found so much encouragement at the Emperor of Blefuscu’s Court, to which they always fled for refuge, that a bloody war, as I said, has been carried on between the two empires for six-and-thirty moons; and now the Blefuscudians have equipped a large fleet, and 
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# The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter III, sentence 47

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But these rebels, the Bigendians, have found so much encouragement at the Emperor of Blefuscu’s Court, to which they always fled for refuge, that a bloody war, as I said, has been carried on between the two empires for six-and-thirty moons; and now the Blefuscudians have equipped a large fleet, and are preparing to descend upon us.

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**Who acts:** Emperor, I, Blefuscudians · **What happens:** find, flee, say, carry, equip, prepare · **To what, where:** rebels, two empires, large fleet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, I, Blefuscudians), 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:pg503:45:47
# text = But these rebels, the Bigendians, have found so much encouragement at the Emperor of Blefuscu’s Court, to which they always fled for refuge, that a bloody war, as I said, has been carried on between the two empires for six-and-thirty moons; and now the Blefuscudians have equipped a large fleet, and are preparing to descend upon us.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	rebels	rebel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Bigendians	Bigendian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	encouragement	encouragement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	Blefuscu	Blefuscu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	’s	's	PART	POS	_	17	case	_	_
19	Court	Court	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	25	obl	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	25	advmod	_	_
25	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	parataxis	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	refuge	refuge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
38	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
39	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	aux:pass	_	_
40	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	ccomp	_	_
41	on	on	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
42	between	between	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	nummod	_	_
45	empires	empire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	_
46	for	for	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
47	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	52	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	conj	_	_
52	moons	moon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	59	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
55	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	59	advmod	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	Blefuscudians	Blefuscudian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	59	nsubj	_	_
58	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
59	equipped	equip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	conj	_	_
60	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	fleet	fleet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
65	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	66	aux	_	_
66	preparing	prepare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	59	advcl	_	_
67	to	to	PART	TO	_	68	mark	_	_
68	descend	descend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	xcomp	_	_
69	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · perfect · passive |  | this rebels and the Bigendians |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme encouragement=Attribute |
| 2 | **flee** | past | Emperor |  |  |  |  | for refuge; always *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to which=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 4 | **carry** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  | the two empires |  | for six moons | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP» |
| 5 | **equip** | present · perfect | the Blefuscudians | a large fleet |  |  | now |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fleet=Recipient |
| 6 | **prepare** | present · progressive | the Blefuscudians *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute |
| 7 | **descend** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Blefuscudians *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon us | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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