--- title: “Alas! beautiful Fairy, the fairy who brought me here first took awa… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Alas! beautiful Fairy, the fairy who brought me here first took away my sight, but by her voice I recognized her as the Fairy of the Desert, though what she should have carried me off for I cannot tell you.” Who acts: fairy, beautiful Fairy, altered appearance, my. 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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 (fairy, beautiful Fairy, altered appearance, my), 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:pg503:6:69 # text = “Alas! beautiful Fairy, the fairy who brought me here first took away my sight, but by her voice I recognized her as the Fairy of the Desert, though what she should have carried me off for I cannot tell you.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Alas alas INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ! ! PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 4 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 appos _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 10 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 10 advmod _ _ 13 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 10 advmod _ _ 14 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 away away ADP RP _ 14 compound:prt _ _ 16 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 recognized recognize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 though though SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 parataxis _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 37 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 aux _ _ 38 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 acl:relcl _ _ 39 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 off off ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 for for SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 44 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 45 advmod _ _ 45 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 parataxis _ _ 46 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ” " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** *in a quote* | past | the fairy | | misfortune's altered appearance *= appearance* | here | | first *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 2 | **take away** *in a quote* | past | beautiful Fairy | my sight | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Theme | | 3 | **recognize** *in a quote* | past | misfortune's altered appearance *= appearance* | Fairy | | | | by Fairy's voice; as the Fairy of the Desert | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus as fairy=Attribute | | 4 | **carry off** *in a quote* | should · perfect | Fairy | misfortune's altered appearance *= appearance* | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 5 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | can | misfortune's altered appearance *= appearance* | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 6 | **sight** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/70/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)