--- title: “Indeed it was, Princess,” he answered; “the wicked Fairy of the Des… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Indeed it was, Princess,” he answered; “the wicked Fairy of the Desert, not content with chaining me to a rock, carried me off in her chariot to the other end of the earth, where I should even now be a captive but for the unexpected help of a friendly mermaid, who brought me here to rescue you, my --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/81/) [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/) / 81 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 81 “Indeed it was, Princess,” he answered; “the wicked Fairy of the Desert, not content with chaining me to a rock, carried me off in her chariot to the other end of the earth, where I should even now be a captive but for the unexpected help of a friendly mermaid, who brought me here to rescue you, my Princess, from the unworthy hands that hold you. **Who acts:** loveliest, Bellissima, friendly mermaid, unworthy hands · **What happens:** be, answer, chain, carry off, bring, rescue · **To what, where:** Princess, Bellissima, chariot, you · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (loveliest, Bellissima, friendly mermaid, unworthy hands), 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:pg503:7:81 # text = “Indeed it was, Princess,” he answered; “the wicked Fairy of the Desert, not content with chaining me to a rock, carried me off in her chariot to the other end of the earth, where I should even now be a captive but for the unexpected help of a friendly mermaid, who brought me here to rescue you, my Princess, from the unworthy hands that hold you. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 12 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Desert Desert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 content content ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 parataxis _ _ 22 with with SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 chaining chain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 24 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 off off ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 44 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 45 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 46 even even ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 47 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 55 cop _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 50 captive captive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 54 unexpected unexpected ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 conj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 mermaid mermaid NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 61 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 62 nsubj _ _ 62 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl:relcl _ _ 63 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 62 obj _ _ 64 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 62 advmod _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 rescue rescue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 advcl _ _ 67 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 69 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 from from ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 73 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 74 unworthy unworthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 conj _ _ 76 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 77 nsubj _ _ 77 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 75 acl:relcl _ _ 78 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 77 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | loveliest *= lovely* | Princess and the wicked Fairy of the Desert | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | Bellissima | Princess and the wicked Fairy of the Desert *not said here* | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality | | 3 | **chain** *in a quote* | gerund | loveliest *= lovely* *not said here* | Bellissima | | | | to a rock | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient to rock=Co-Patient | | 4 | **carry off** *in a quote* | past | loveliest *= lovely* *not said here* | Bellissima | | Fairy's chariot | to the other end of the earth but a captive unexpected help and my Princess and the unworthy hands | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to end=Destination | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | should | Bellissima | | | | now | for a captive unexpected help and my Princess and the unworthy hands; of a friendly mermaid | tree rules | | 6 | **bring** *in a quote* | past | a friendly mermaid | | Bellissima | here | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 7 | **rescue** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | a friendly mermaid *not said here* | you | | | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 8 | **hold** *in a quote* | present | the unworthy hands | you | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/82/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/7/)