--- title: The Fairy of the Desert was delighted to hear them sing of her trium… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Fairy of the Desert was delighted to hear them sing of her triumphs; she led the King into the most splendid room that can be imagined, and left him alone for a little while, just that he might not feel that he was a prisoner; but he felt sure that she had not really gone quite away, but was wat --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/) / 3 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 3 The Fairy of the Desert was delighted to hear them sing of her triumphs; she led the King into the most splendid room that can be imagined, and left him alone for a little while, just that he might not feel that he was a prisoner; but he felt sure that she had not really gone quite away, but was watching him from some hiding-place. **Who acts:** Fairy, them, King · **What happens:** be, hear, sing, lead, imagine, leave · **To what, where:** them, King, splendid room, prisoner, hiding place 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, them, King), 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:pg503:7:3 # text = The Fairy of the Desert was delighted to hear them sing of her triumphs; she led the King into the most splendid room that can be imagined, and left him alone for a little while, just that he might not feel that he was a prisoner; but he felt sure that she had not really gone quite away, but was watching him from some hiding-place. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 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 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 sing sing VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 triumphs triumph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 22 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 23 advmod _ _ 23 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 imagined imagine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 alone alone ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 just just ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 54 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 55 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 56 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 59 really really ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ _ 60 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 ccomp _ _ 61 quite quite ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 away away ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 but but CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 65 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 53 advcl _ _ 67 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 69 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 72 det _ _ 70 hiding hiding NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 71 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 70 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Fairy of the Desert | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | to-infinitive | the Fairy of the Desert *not said here* | them *= they* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **sing** *speech: express* | infinitive | them *= they* *not said here* | | | | | of Fairy's triumphs | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **lead** | past | Fairy | the King | | the splendid room | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent king=Theme into room=Destination | | 5 | **imagine** | can · passive | | the splendid room | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **leave** | past | | King | | | while | alone *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 7 | **not** **feel** | might | King | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 8 | **is a** | past | King | a prisoner | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **feel** | past | King | | | | | sure *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **not** **go** | past · perfect | Fairy | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **watch** | past · progressive | King *not said here* | King | | some hiding place | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 12 | **triumph** | | Fairy | | | | | | nom triumph «event intransitive»: 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/4/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)