--- title: All the prose and the poetry that was written just then was about Be… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All the prose and the poetry that was written just then was about Bellissima--for that was the Princess’s name--and all the bonfires that they had were made of these verses, which crackled and sparkled better than any other sort of wood. Who acts: that, bonfires, prose, verses. 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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 (that, bonfires, prose, verses), 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:pg503:5:14 # text = All the prose and the poetry that was written just then was about Bellissima--for that was the Princess’s name--and all the bonfires that they had were made of these verses, which crackled and sparkled better than any other sort of wood. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 prose prose NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl:relcl _ _ 10 just just ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 11 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 -- -- PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 for for ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ’s 's PART POS _ 20 case _ _ 22 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 -- -- PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 27 det:predet _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bonfires bonfire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 28 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 30 obj _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 verses verse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 crackled crackle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 sparkled sparkle VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 41 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 40 advmod _ _ 42 than than ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 45 det _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 sort sort NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | past · passive | | the poetry | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | then | about Bellissima | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | that | | | | | for the Princess's name | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | bonfires *= bonfire* | all bonfires | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past · passive | all prose and the poetry *not said here* | all bonfires | | | | of this verses | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **crackle** | past | this verses | | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **sparkle** | past | this verses *not said here* | | | | | well *property* | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **sort** | | | wood | | | | | nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/15/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)