--- title: Fairy-than-a-Fairy, who now saw him for the first time in his real s… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Fairy-than-a-Fairy, who now saw him for the first time in his real shape, hardly dared to gaze at him, fearing lest his appearance might not be in keeping with the voice and language which had won her heart. Who acts: Fairy, appearance, language. 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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 (Fairy, appearance, language), 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:pg640:24:25 # text = Fairy-than-a-Fairy, who now saw him for the first time in his real shape, hardly dared to gaze at him, fearing lest his appearance might not be in keeping with the voice and language which had won her heart. 1 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ SpaceAfter=No 4 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 10 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 11 advmod _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 12 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 dared dare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 gaze gaze VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 fearing fear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 23 advcl _ _ 30 lest lest SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 31 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 33 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 37 cop _ _ 36 in in SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 keeping keep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 ccomp _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 43 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 won win VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 42 acl:relcl _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | a Fairy | rainbow | | | now; time | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 2 | **dare** | participle | a Fairy *not said here* | | | | | hardly *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **gaze** | to-infinitive | a Fairy *not said here* | | | | | at rainbow | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme | | 4 | **fear** | gerund | a Fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **not** **is** | might | rainbow's appearance | | | | | with the voice and language; keep *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **win** | past · perfect | language | Fairy's heart | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/26/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/24/)