--- title: They sought for him far and near, but all in vain, and they were for… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They sought for him far and near, but all in vain, and they were forced to recognise the power of the evil Fairy, against which the Queen had warned them on her death-bed. Who acts: feet, Queen. 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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 (feet, 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:pg640:25:45 # text = They sought for him far and near, but all in vain, and they were forced to recognise the power of the evil Fairy, against which the Queen had warned them on her death-bed. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 sought seek VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 near near ADV RB _ 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 recognise recognise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 against against ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 warned warn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ _ 33 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 36 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | past | feet *= foot* | | | | | for girth; far *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme | | 2 | **force** | past · passive | | feet *= foot* | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **recognise** | to-infinitive | feet *= foot* *not said here* | the power of the evil Fairy | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer power=Stimulus | | 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past · perfect | the Queen | | feet *= foot* | Queen's death bed | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Recipient against which=Topic | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/46/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/25/)