--- title: The artful sorceress looked at the Prince in a pitiful manner, witho… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The artful sorceress looked at the Prince in a pitiful manner, without ever lifting up her head, and answered in broken words and sighs, as if she could hardly fetch her breath, that she was going to the capital city, but on the way thither she was taken with so violent a fever that her strength fai --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/49/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fair…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/) / 49 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3, sentence 49 The artful sorceress looked at the Prince in a pitiful manner, without ever lifting up her head, and answered in broken words and sighs, as if she could hardly fetch her breath, that she was going to the capital city, but on the way thither she was taken with so violent a fever that her strength failed her, and she was forced to lie down where he saw her, far from any habitation, and without any hopes of assistance. **Who acts:** artful sorceress, sorceress, strength, Prince, assistance · **What happens:** look, lift up, answer, fetch, go, take · **To what, where:** pitiful manner, head, broken words, breath, capital city, sorceress This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (artful sorceress, sorceress, strength, Prince), 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:pg503:51:49 # text = The artful sorceress looked at the Prince in a pitiful manner, without ever lifting up her head, and answered in broken words and sighs, as if she could hardly fetch her breath, that she was going to the capital city, but on the way thither she was taken with so violent a fever that her strength failed her, and she was forced to lie down where he saw her, far from any habitation, and without any hopes of assistance. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 artful artful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sorceress sorceress NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 pitiful pitiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 without without SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 14 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ _ 15 lifting lift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 16 up up ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 broken broken ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 sighs sigh NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 29 if if SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 31 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 fetch fetch VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 parataxis _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 46 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 50 thither thither ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 51 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 54 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 so so ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 obl _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 fever fever NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nsubj _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 61 nmod:poss _ _ 61 strength strength NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 62 failed fail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 advcl _ _ 63 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 66 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj:pass _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 xcomp _ _ 71 down down ADP RP _ 70 compound:prt _ _ 72 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 74 advmod _ _ 73 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 74 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 70 advcl _ _ 75 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 77 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 80 advmod _ _ 78 from from ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 80 det _ _ 80 habitation habitation NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 81 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 82 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 83 without without ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 85 det _ _ 85 hopes hope NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ _ 86 of of ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 87 assistance assistance NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | the artful sorceress | | | a pitiful manner | | at the Prince | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at prince=Theme | | 2 | **lift up** | gerund | the artful sorceress *not said here* | sorceress's head | | | ever | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme | | 3 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | | | | broken words and sighs | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **fetch** *a condition, not said to happen* | could | sorceress | sorceress's breath | | | | hardly *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme | | 5 | **go** | past · progressive | sorceress | | | the capital city | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to city=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **take** | past · passive | | sorceress | | the way | | with violent | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on way=Destination | | 7 | **fail** | past | fever's strength | fever | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality | | 8 | **force** | past · passive | | strength | | any habitation | | without any hopes of assistance | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **lie down** | to-infinitive | strength *not said here* | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **see** | past | Prince | fever | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 11 | **hope** | | assistance | | | | | | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/50/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/51/)