--- title: This new misfortune was the work of the wicked Fairy of the Desert,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This new misfortune was the work of the wicked Fairy of the Desert, who had come with the Yellow Dwarf to help him carry off the Princess, and had fallen in love with the handsome young King of the Gold Mines directly she saw him. Who acts: new misfortune, Desert, Dwarf, Princess. 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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 (new misfortune, Desert, Dwarf, Princess), 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:pg503:6:62 # text = This new misfortune was the work of the wicked Fairy of the Desert, who had come with the Yellow Dwarf to help him carry off the Princess, and had fallen in love with the handsome young King of the Gold Mines directly she saw him. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 parataxis _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 Yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 off off ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Gold Gold PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Mines Mines PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 44 directly directly ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 47 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | this new misfortune | the work | | | | of the wicked Fairy of the Desert | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past · perfect | the Desert | | | | | with the Yellow Dwarf | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | the Desert *not said here* | Dwarf | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 4 | **carry off** | infinitive | Dwarf *not said here* | the Princess | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 5 | **fall** | past · perfect | this new misfortune *not said here* | | | love | | with the handsome young King of the Gold Mines | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=Location | | 6 | **see** | past | Princess | King | | | | directly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | 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 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/61/) - next →: [sentence 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/63/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)