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title: The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership The Six Swans The Dragon of the… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership The Six Swans The Dragon of the North Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes The Golden Crab The Iron Stove The Dragon and his Grandmother The Donkey Cabbage The Little Green Frog The Seven-headed Serpent The Grateful Beasts The Giants and the Herd-boy The Invisible 
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# The Yellow Fairy Book, Joan, Toddles, and Tiny, sentence 45

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The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership The Six Swans The Dragon of the North Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes The Golden Crab The Iron Stove The Dragon and his Grandmother The Donkey Cabbage The Little Green Frog The Seven-headed Serpent The Grateful Beasts The Giants and the Herd-boy The Invisible Prince The Crow How Six Men travelled through the Wide World The Wizard King The Nixy The Glass Mountain Alphege, or the Green Monkey Fairer-than-a-Fairy The Three Brothers The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise The Glass Axe The Dead Wife In the Land of Souls The White Duck The Witch and her Servants The Magic Ring The Flower Queen’s Daughter The Flying Ship The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son The Story of King Frost The Death of the Sun-hero The Witch The Hazel-nut Child The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus Prince Ring The Swineherd How to tell a True Princess The Blue Mountains The Tinder-box The Witch in the Stone Boat Thumbelina The Nightingale Hermod and Hadvor The Steadfast Tin-soldier Blockhead Hans A Story about a Darning-needle

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**Who acts:** Six Men · **What happens:** travel, tell · **To what, where:** Wide World, Story, True Princess · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Joan, Toddles, and Tiny. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Six Men), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg640:2:45
# text = The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership The Six Swans The Dragon of the North Story of the Emperor’s New Clothes The Golden Crab The Iron Stove The Dragon and his Grandmother The Donkey Cabbage The Little Green Frog The Seven-headed Serpent The Grateful Beasts The Giants and the Herd-boy The Invisible Prince The Crow How Six Men travelled through the Wide World The Wizard King The Nixy The Glass Mountain Alphege, or the Green Monkey Fairer-than-a-Fairy The Three Brothers The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise The Glass Axe The Dead Wife In the Land of Souls The White Duck The Witch and her Servants The Magic Ring The Flower Queen’s Daughter The Flying Ship The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son The Story of King Frost The Death of the Sun-hero The Witch The Hazel-nut Child The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus Prince Ring The Swineherd How to tell a True Princess The Blue Mountains The Tinder-box The Witch in the Stone Boat Thumbelina The Nightingale Hermod and Hadvor The Steadfast Tin-soldier Blockhead Hans A Story about a Darning-needle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Cat	cat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Mouse	mouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Partnership	Partnership	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	Six	Six	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Swans	Swan	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	North	North	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	’s	's	PART	POS	_	19	case	_	_
21	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	Clothes	Clothe	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
23	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	Crab	Crab	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
26	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	Iron	Iron	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	Stove	Stove	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	Grandmother	Grandmother	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
34	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	Donkey	Donkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	Cabbage	Cabbage	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
37	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
38	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	Green	Green	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	compound	_	_
40	Frog	Frog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
41	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
42	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	44	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	42	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	headed	headed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	Serpent	Serpent	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	appos	_	_
46	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
47	Grateful	grateful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	Beasts	Beast	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
49	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	Giants	Giant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	48	conj	_	_
51	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
53	Herd	herd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	_
56	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	Invisible	Invisible	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
59	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	Crow	Crow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
61	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	64	advmod	_	_
62	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	63	nummod	_	_
63	Men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	64	nsubj	_	_
64	travelled	travel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
65	through	through	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	Wide	wide	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	obl	_	_
69	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
70	Wizard	Wizard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	compound	_	_
71	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	appos	_	_
72	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	Nixy	Nixy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	appos	_	_
74	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
75	Glass	Glass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	76	compound	_	_
76	Mountain	Mountain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	77	compound	_	_
77	Alphege	Alphege	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
79	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	82	cc	_	_
80	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
81	Green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	82	amod	_	_
82	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	77	appos	_	_
83	Fairer	Fairer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	82	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	89	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	than	than	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
86	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	85	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	89	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	87	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	82	appos	_	_
90	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	92	det	_	_
91	Three	Three	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	92	compound	_	_
92	Brothers	Brother	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	89	appos	_	_
93	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	94	det	_	_
94	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	92	conj	_	_
95	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	97	cc	_	_
96	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	97	det	_	_
97	Wolves	wolf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	94	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
98	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	132	punct	_	_
99	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	132	cc	_	_
100	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	102	det	_	_
101	Broken	Broken	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	102	compound	_	_
102	Promise	Promise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	132	nmod:poss	_	_
103	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	105	det	_	_
104	Glass	Glass	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	105	compound	_	_
105	Axe	Axe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	102	appos	_	_
106	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	108	det	_	_
107	Dead	Dead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	108	compound	_	_
108	Wife	Wife	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	102	nmod	_	_
109	In	in	ADP	IN	_	111	case	_	_
110	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	111	det	_	_
111	Land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	108	nmod	_	_
112	of	of	ADP	IN	_	113	case	_	_
113	Souls	Souls	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	111	nmod	_	_
114	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	116	det	_	_
115	White	White	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	116	amod	_	_
116	Duck	Duck	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	113	appos	_	_
117	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	118	det	_	_
118	Witch	witch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	102	iobj	_	_
119	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	121	cc	_	_
120	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	121	nmod:poss	_	_
121	Servants	Servant	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	102	conj	_	_
122	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	124	det	_	_
123	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	124	compound	_	_
124	Ring	Ring	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	102	nmod	_	_
125	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	127	det	_	_
126	Flower	Flower	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	127	compound	_	_
127	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	124	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
128	’s	's	PART	POS	_	102	case	_	_
129	Daughter	Daughter	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	132	nsubj	_	_
130	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	132	det	_	_
131	Flying	Fly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	132	compound	_	_
132	Ship	Ship	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	92	conj	_	_
133	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	136	det	_	_
134	Snow	Snow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	136	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
135	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	134	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
136	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	132	appos	_	_
137	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	141	cc	_	_
138	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	141	det	_	_
139	Fire	Fire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	141	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
140	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	139	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
141	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	136	conj	_	_
142	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	143	det	_	_
143	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	141	appos	_	_
144	of	of	ADP	IN	_	146	case	_	_
145	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	146	nmod:desc	_	_
146	Frost	Frost	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	143	nmod	_	_
147	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	148	det	_	_
148	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	143	appos	_	_
149	of	of	ADP	IN	_	153	case	_	_
150	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	153	det	_	_
151	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	153	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
152	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	151	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
153	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	148	nmod	_	_
154	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	155	det	_	_
155	Witch	Witch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	153	appos	_	_
156	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	160	det	_	_
157	Hazel	Hazel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	159	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
158	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	157	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
159	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	160	nmod:desc	_	_
160	Child	Child	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	155	conj	_	_
161	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	162	det	_	_
162	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	160	appos	_	_
163	of	of	ADP	IN	_	165	case	_	_
164	Big	Big	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	165	amod	_	_
165	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	162	nmod	_	_
166	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	168	cc	_	_
167	Little	Little	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	168	amod	_	_
168	Klaus	Klaus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	165	conj	_	_
169	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	168	flat	_	_
170	Ring	Ring	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	168	flat	_	_
171	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	172	det	_	_
172	Swineherd	swineherd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	160	appos	_	_
173	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	175	advmod	_	_
174	to	to	PART	TO	_	175	mark	_	_
175	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	172	acl:relcl	_	_
176	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	178	det	_	_
177	True	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	178	amod	_	_
178	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	175	iobj	_	_
179	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	181	det	_	_
180	Blue	Blue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	181	compound	_	_
181	Mountains	Mountain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	178	nmod	_	_
182	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	185	det	_	_
183	Tinder	tinder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	185	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
184	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	183	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
185	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	181	obj	_	_
186	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	187	det	_	_
187	Witch	Witch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	185	appos	_	_
188	in	in	ADP	IN	_	192	case	_	_
189	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	192	det	_	_
190	Stone	Stone	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	191	compound	_	_
191	Boat	Boat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	192	compound	_	_
192	Thumbelina	Thumbelina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	187	nmod	_	_
193	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	195	det	_	_
194	Nightingale	Nightingale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	195	compound	_	_
195	Hermod	Hermod	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	192	flat	_	_
196	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	197	cc	_	_
197	Hadvor	Hadvor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	195	conj	_	_
198	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	202	det	_	_
199	Steadfast	steadfast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	202	amod	_	_
200	Tin	Tin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	202	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
201	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	200	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
202	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	195	appos	_	_
203	Blockhead	Blockhead	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	204	compound	_	_
204	Hans	Han	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	195	list	_	_
205	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	206	det	_	_
206	Story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	175	obj	_	_
207	about	about	ADP	IN	_	211	case	_	_
208	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	211	det	_	_
209	Darning	darning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	211	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
210	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	209	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
211	needle	needle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	206	nmod	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **travel** | past | Six Men |  |  | the Wide World |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through world=Trajectory |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Six Men *not said here* | a Story | a True Princess  the Blue Mountains |  |  | about a Darning needle | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient story=Topic |

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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.

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**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.

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