--- title: When the Fairy saw this her rage knew no bounds, and she used all he… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When the Fairy saw this her rage knew no bounds, and she used all her magic wits to make the pond disappear; she caused a hill of sand to arise at her feet, meaning it to dry up the water at once. Who acts: Fairy, rage, pond, girl. 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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, rage, pond, girl), 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:pg640:26:5 # text = When the Fairy saw this her rage knew no bounds, and she used all her magic wits to make the pond disappear; she caused a hill of sand to arise at her feet, meaning it to dry up the water at once. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 9 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 10 det _ _ 10 bounds bound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 used use VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 wits wit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pond pond NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 disappear disappear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 caused cause VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hill hill NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 sand sand NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 32 arise arise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 meaning mean VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 dry dry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 advcl _ _ 41 up up ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 44 at at ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the Fairy | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **know** | past | girl's rage | no bounds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer bound=Stimulus | | 3 | **use** | past | rage | girl's magic wits | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wit=Patient | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | rage *not said here* | the pond | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pond=Product | | 5 | **disappear** | present | the pond *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **cause** | past | girl | a hill of sand | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition hill=Patient | | 7 | **arise** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | a hill of sand *not said here* | | girl's feet | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at foot=Location | | 8 | **mean** | gerund | girl *not said here* | pond | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 9 | **dry up** | to-infinitive | girl *not said here* | the water | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient water=Result | | 10 | **rage** | | girl | | | | | | nom rage «feeling intransitive»: poss=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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/6/) - ↑ back to [The Glass Mountain(16), part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/26/)