--- title: She assured him that the Fairy of the Mountain had henceforth lost a… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She assured him that the Fairy of the Mountain had henceforth lost all power over him, and after spending some time with the young couple, and bestowing the most costly presents on them, she retired to her own country. Who acts: Queen. A sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Glass --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/42/) [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 Glass Mountain(16), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/) / 42 # The Yellow Fairy Book, The Glass Mountain(16), part 2, sentence 42 She assured him that the Fairy of the Mountain had henceforth lost all power over him, and after spending some time with the young couple, and bestowing the most costly presents on them, she retired to her own country. **Who acts:** Queen · **What happens:** assure, lose, spend, bestow, retire · **To what, where:** King, Fairy, costly presents This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Glass Mountain(16), part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen), 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:pg640:23:42 # text = She assured him that the Fairy of the Mountain had henceforth lost all power over him, and after spending some time with the young couple, and bestowing the most costly presents on them, she retired to her own country. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Mountain Mountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 henceforth henceforth ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 ccomp _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 15 over over ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 19 after after SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 20 spending spend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 21 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 bestowing bestow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 conj _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 31 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 32 advmod _ _ 32 costly costly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 retired retire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assure** | past | Queen | | King | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **lose** | past · perfect · passive | | the Fairy of the Mountain | | | | over King; henceforth *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **spend** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | | | | time | with the young couple | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **bestow** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | the costly presents | | | | on presents *= present* | tree rules | | 5 | **retire** | past | Queen | | | | | to Queen's own country | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/43/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/23/)