--- title: For the Fairy of the Desert, looking more terrible than before, moun… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For the Fairy of the Desert, looking more terrible than before, mounted upon a winged griffin, and with long snakes coiled round her neck, had given her such a blow with the lance she carried that Bellissima fell into the Queen’s arms bleeding and senseless. Who acts: blow, Bellissima, arms. 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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 (blow, Bellissima, arms), 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:pg503:6:57 # text = For the Fairy of the Desert, looking more terrible than before, mounted upon a winged griffin, and with long snakes coiled round her neck, had given her such a blow with the lance she carried that Bellissima fell into the Queen’s arms bleeding and senseless. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 terrible terrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 11 than than ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 before before ADV RB _ 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 mounted mount VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 winged wing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 griffin griffin NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 21 with with ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 snakes snake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ _ 24 coiled coil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 acl _ _ 25 round round ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 conj _ _ 31 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 34 det:predet _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lance lance NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 parataxis _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ’s 's PART POS _ 45 case _ _ 47 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 48 bleeding bleed VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 47 acl _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 50 senseless senseless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | for the Fairy; of the Desert; terrible *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent of desert=Theme | | 2 | **mount** | participle | | | | | | upon a winged griffin | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon griffin=Destination | | 3 | **wing** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **coil** | participle | | long snakes *not said here* | | griffin's neck | | | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round neck=Destination | | 5 | **give** | past · perfect | | griffin | | | | with long snakes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **carry** | past | such blow with the lance | | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fall** | past | Bellissima | | | | | into the Queen's arms *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into arm=Result | | 8 | **bleed** | gerund | the Queen's arms *not said here* | | | | | | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | 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 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/58/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)