--- title: But what was the horror of the Fairy, who followed this gay troop, w… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But what was the horror of the Fairy, who followed this gay troop, when she saw, stretched upon the sands, the image of the King which the Mermaid had made with the sea-weeds. Who acts: horror, rest. 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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 (horror, rest), 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:pg503:7:56 # text = But what was the horror of the Fairy, who followed this gay troop, when she saw, stretched upon the sands, the image of the King which the Mermaid had made with the sea-weeds. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 13 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 troop troop NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 21 upon upon ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 sands sand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 Mermaid Mermaid PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 38 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 weeds weed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | the horror and the image of the King | | | | of the Fairy | tree rules | | 2 | **follow** | past | the horror and the image of the King | this gay troop | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent troop=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | rest | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **stretch** | participle | rest *not said here* | | | | | upon the sands | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the image of the King | | | | with the sea weeds | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 6 | **image** | | | the King | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/57/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)