--- title: At length she could control herself no longer, so she sent a trusty… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length she could control herself no longer, so she sent a trusty servant to her old and faithful friend the Fairy of the Mountain, to beg her to devise some means by which she might get rid of her stepson. Who acts: ALPHEGE, some. 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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 (ALPHEGE, some), 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:pg640:22:74 # text = At length she could control herself no longer, so she sent a trusty servant to her old and faithful friend the Fairy of the Mountain, to beg her to devise some means by which she might get rid of her stepson. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 control control VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 5 obj _ _ 7 no no ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 servant servant NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 18 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 conj _ _ 21 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Mountain Mountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 beg beg VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 devise devise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 nsubj _ _ 34 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 ccomp _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 ccomp _ _ 40 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 stepson stepson NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **control** | could | ALPHEGE | ALPHEGE | | length | | long *property* | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 2 | **send** | past | ALPHEGE | a trusty servant | ALPHEGE's old friend | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent servant=Theme to friend=Destination | | 3 | **beg** *speech: request* | to-infinitive | ALPHEGE *not said here* | | ALPHEGE | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **devise** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | ALPHEGE *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **mean** | present | some | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **get** | might | ALPHEGE | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/75/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/22/)