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title: The Fairy of the Desert had by her enchantments raised such a terrib… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 10

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The Fairy of the Desert had by her enchantments raised such a terrible storm that the boldest pilot would not venture out in it, so she was not afraid of her prisoner’s being able to escape; and he found it some relief to think sadly over his terrible situation without being interrupted by his cruel captor.

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**Who acts:** Fairy, enchantments, boldest pilot, pilot, cruel captor · **What happens:** have, raise, not venture out, not be, be, escape · **To what, where:** terrible storm, storm, terrible situation

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This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, 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 (Fairy, enchantments, boldest pilot, pilot), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg503:7:10
# text = The Fairy of the Desert had by her enchantments raised such a terrible storm that the boldest pilot would not venture out in it, so she was not afraid of her prisoner’s being able to escape; and he found it some relief to think sadly over his terrible situation without being interrupted by his cruel captor.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Desert	Desert	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	enchantments	enchantment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
11	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	14	det:predet	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
15	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	boldest	bold	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	pilot	pilot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	venture	venture	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	acl	_	_
22	out	out	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	so	so	ADV	RB	_	30	advmod	_	_
27	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
29	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
30	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	advcl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	prisoner	prisoner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	’s	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	ccomp	_	_
35	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	cop	_	_
36	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	xcomp	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	36	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
40	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
41	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	nsubj	_	_
42	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
43	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	42	obj	_	_
44	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	45	det	_	_
45	relief	relief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	47	mark	_	_
47	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	advcl	_	_
48	sadly	sadly	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
49	over	over	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
51	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	situation	situation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
53	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
54	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	55	aux:pass	_	_
55	interrupted	interrupt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	advcl	_	_
56	by	by	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	59	nmod:poss	_	_
58	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	captor	captor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the Fairy of the Desert |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **raise** | past | Fairy's enchantments | such terrible storm |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent storm=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **venture out** | would | the boldest pilot | such terrible storm *not said here* |  | storm |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent storm=Topic |
| 4 | **not** **is** | past | Fairy |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | gerund | Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **escape** | to-infinitive | Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **find** | past | pilot | storm |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme relief=Attribute |
| 8 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | pilot *not said here* |  |  | pilot's terrible situation |  | sadly *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **interrupt** | gerund · passive | pilot's cruel captor |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **enchant** |  | Fairy |  |  |  |  |  | nom enchantment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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.

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**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.

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