--- title: Bellissima was sitting in a little thicket by a brook, leaning her h… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Bellissima was sitting in a little thicket by a brook, leaning her head upon her hand and weeping bitterly, but just as they passed she looked up and saw the King and the Fairy of the Desert. Who acts: Bellissima, princes. 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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 (Bellissima, princes), 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:pg503:6:83 # text = Bellissima was sitting in a little thicket by a brook, leaning her head upon her hand and weeping bitterly, but just as they passed she looked up and saw the King and the Fairy of the Desert. 1 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thicket thicket NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 brook brook NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 leaning lean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 upon upon ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 weeping weep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 20 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 23 just just ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 24 as as SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past · progressive | Bellissima | | | a little thicket by a brook | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in thicket=Location | | 2 | **lean** | gerund | Bellissima *not said here* | Bellissima's head | | Bellissima's hand | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme upon hand=Destination | | 3 | **weep** | gerund | Bellissima *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **pass** | past | princes *= prince* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look up** | past | Bellissima | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **see** | past | princes *= prince* *not said here* | the King and the Fairy of the Desert | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/84/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/6/)