--- title: This so frightened his father and mother that in order to comfort th… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This so frightened his father and mother that in order to comfort them a Fairy, who happened to be present at the time, produced a little pebble which she told them to keep for the Prince till he grew up, as by putting it in his mouth he would become invisible, as long as he did not try to speak, fo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/28/) [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 Yellow Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/) / [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/) / 28 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3, sentence 28 This so frightened his father and mother that in order to comfort them a Fairy, who happened to be present at the time, produced a little pebble which she told them to keep for the Prince till he grew up, as by putting it in his mouth he would become invisible, as long as he did not try to speak, for if he did the stone would lose all its virtue. **Who acts:** This, Fairy, little pebble, King, stone · **What happens:** frighten, comfort, happen, be, produce, tell · **To what, where:** father, walls, little pebble, pebble, mouth, virtue · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), 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 (This, Fairy, little pebble, 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:pg640:16:28 # text = This so frightened his father and mother that in order to comfort them a Fairy, who happened to be present at the time, produced a little pebble which she told them to keep for the Prince till he grew up, as by putting it in his mouth he would become invisible, as long as he did not try to speak, for if he did the stone would lose all its virtue. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 12 mark _ _ 10 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 fixed _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 comfort comfort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 18 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 cop _ _ 21 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 22 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 produced produce VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 pebble pebble NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obj _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 36 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 till till SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 by by SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 46 putting put VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 41 advcl _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 mouth mouth NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 51 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 parataxis _ _ 54 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 as as ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 58 as as SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 59 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 60 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 61 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 62 advmod _ _ 62 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 57 advcl _ _ 63 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 64 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 62 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 66 for for SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 67 if if SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 68 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 69 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 72 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 64 conj _ _ 74 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 76 det:predet _ _ 75 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 76 nmod:poss _ _ 76 virtue virtue NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past | This | King's father and mother | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus father=Experiencer | | 2 | **comfort** | to-infinitive | This *not said here* | walls *= wall* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer fairy=Result | | 3 | **happen** | past | a Fairy | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | a Fairy *not said here* | | | | time | present *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **produce** | past | This *not said here* | a little pebble | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pebble=Result | | 6 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Fairy | a little pebble | walls *= wall* | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a little pebble *not said here* | | | | | for the Prince | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **grow up** | past | King | | | | | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **put** | gerund | King *not said here* | pebble | | King's mouth | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in mouth=Destination | | 10 | **become** | would | King | | | | | invisible *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 11 | **not** **try** | past · do-support | King | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 12 | **speak** *speech: other* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **lose** | would · past · do-support | the stone | stone's virtue | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virtue=Eventuality | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/29/) - ↑ back to [The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/16/)