--- title: The Princess thanked her heartily, and then the Fairy despatched one… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Princess thanked her heartily, and then the Fairy despatched one of her peacocks to her palace to bring a gorgeous robe for Mayblossom, who certainly needed it, for her own was torn to shreds by the thorns and briars. Who acts: Princess, Fairy, gorgeous robe, thorns. 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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 (Princess, Fairy, gorgeous robe, thorns), 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:pg540:5:19 # text = The Princess thanked her heartily, and then the Fairy despatched one of her peacocks to her palace to bring a gorgeous robe for Mayblossom, who certainly needed it, for her own was torn to shreds by the thorns and briars. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 heartily heartily ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 despatched despatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 obj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 peacocks peacock NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nmod _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 gorgeous gorgeous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Mayblossom Mayblossom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 30 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 for for 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 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 obl _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 torn tear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 shreds shred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 thorns thorn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 briars briar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | the Princess | Dwarf's heartily | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heartily=Theme | | 2 | **despatch** | past | the Fairy | one of Dwarf's peacocks | | | then | to Dwarf's palace | tree rules | | 3 | **bring** | to-infinitive | the Fairy *not said here* | a gorgeous robe | | | | for Mayblossom | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent robe=Theme | | 4 | **need** | past | a gorgeous robe | Fairy | | | | certainly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 5 | **tear** | past · passive | the thorns and briars | | | shreds | | for Dwarf's own | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to shred=Destination | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/20/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/)