--- title: But they had not gone many steps when the wicked Fairy hurried after… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But they had not gone many steps when the wicked Fairy hurried after them, a drawn dagger in her hand, and was close upon them, when suddenly, instead of the Prince and her daughter, she found herself in front of a great stone church, whose entrance was carefully guarded by a huge monk. 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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 (fugitives, wicked Fairy, woman, huge monk), 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:pg640:26:11 # text = But they had not gone many steps when the wicked Fairy hurried after them, a drawn dagger in her hand, and was close upon them, when suddenly, instead of the Prince and her daughter, she found herself in front of a great stone church, whose entrance was carefully guarded by a huge monk. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 hurried hurry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 dagger dagger NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 19 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 25 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 parataxis _ _ 26 upon upon ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 30 advmod _ _ 30 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 25 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=ADP 35 case _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 42 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ _ 43 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 47 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 48 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ _ 49 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 52 nmod:poss _ _ 52 entrance entrance NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 54 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 conj _ _ 56 by by ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 huge huge ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 monk monk NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **go** | past · perfect | fugitives *= fugitive* | many steps and a drawn dagger in woman's hand | | | | instead the Prince and woman's daughter | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme | | 2 | **hurry** | past | the wicked Fairy | | | | after fugitives *= fugitive* | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **draw** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | upon fugitives *= fugitive*; close *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | past | woman | woman | | front of a great stone church | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Topic | | 6 | **guard** | past · passive | a huge monk | entrance | | | | carefully *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/12/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/)