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title: A Tale of the Tontlawald The finest Liar in the World The Story of t… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: A Tale of the Tontlawald The finest Liar in the World The Story of three Wonderful Beggars Schippeitaro The Three Princes and their Beasts The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples The Lute Player The Grateful Prince The Child who came from an Egg Stan Bolovan The
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# The Violet Fairy Book, The Violet Fairy Book, sentence 32

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A Tale of the Tontlawald The finest Liar in the World The Story of three Wonderful Beggars Schippeitaro The Three Princes and their Beasts The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples The Lute Player The Grateful Prince The Child who came from an Egg Stan Bolovan The Two Frogs The Story of a Gazelle How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water Two in a Sack The Envious Neighbour The Fairy of the Dawn The Enchanted Knife Jesper who herded the Hares The Underground Workers The History of Dwarf Long Nose The Nunda, Eater of People The Story of Hassebu The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet The Monkey and the Jelly-fish The Headless Dwarfs The young Man who would have his Eyes opened The Boys with the Golden Stars The Frog The Princess who was hidden Underground The Girl who pretended to be a Boy The Story of Halfman The Prince who wanted to see the World Virgililus the Sorcerer Mogarzea and his Son

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**Who acts:** Child, Fish, Enchanted Knife Jesper, Eater, young Man, Prince · **What happens:** come, swim, herd, dwarf, have, open · **To what, where:** Stan Bolovan, Air, Hares, Underground Workers, Eyes, Boys

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This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Violet Fairy Book. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Child, Fish, Enchanted Knife Jesper, Eater), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg641:1:32
# text = A Tale of the Tontlawald The finest Liar in the World The Story of three Wonderful Beggars Schippeitaro The Three Princes and their Beasts The Goat’s Ears of the Emperor Trojan The Nine Pea-hens and the Golden Apples The Lute Player The Grateful Prince The Child who came from an Egg Stan Bolovan The Two Frogs The Story of a Gazelle How a Fish swam in the Air and a Hare in the Water Two in a Sack The Envious Neighbour The Fairy of the Dawn The Enchanted Knife Jesper who herded the Hares The Underground Workers The History of Dwarf Long Nose The Nunda, Eater of People The Story of Hassebu The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet The Monkey and the Jelly-fish The Headless Dwarfs The young Man who would have his Eyes opened The Boys with the Golden Stars The Frog The Princess who was hidden Underground The Girl who pretended to be a Boy The Story of Halfman The Prince who wanted to see the World Virgililus the Sorcerer Mogarzea and his Son
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Tale	Tale	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	Tontlawald	Tontlawald	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	finest	fine	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	8	amod	_	_
8	Liar	Liar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
16	Wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	Beggars	Beggar	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	18	compound	_	_
18	Schippeitaro	Schippeitaro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
19	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	Princes	prince	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	Beasts	Beast	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
25	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Goat	Goat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	’s	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	Ears	ear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	Trojan	Trojan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
33	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
34	Nine	Nine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
35	Pea	Pea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	hens	hen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	Apples	Apples	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
42	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	Lute	Lute	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	compound	_	_
44	Player	Player	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
45	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	Grateful	Grateful	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	_
47	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	_	_
48	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	Child	Child	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	conj	_	_
50	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	51	nsubj	_	_
51	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	acl:relcl	_	_
52	from	from	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
53	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
54	Egg	Egg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	compound	_	_
55	Stan	Stan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	compound	_	_
56	Bolovan	Bolovan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
57	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	59	nummod	_	_
59	Frogs	Frog	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	56	appos	_	_
60	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	61	det	_	_
61	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	conj	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	Gazelle	Gazelle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
65	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	68	advmod	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
67	Fish	Fish	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	nsubj	_	_
68	swam	swim	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	61	acl:relcl	_	_
69	in	in	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	Air	Air	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	obl	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	74	cc	_	_
73	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	74	det	_	_
74	Hare	Hare	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	_
75	in	in	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	77	det	_	_
77	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	obl	_	_
78	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	77	flat	_	_
79	in	in	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
80	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
81	Sack	Sack	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	68	obl	_	_
82	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	84	det	_	_
83	Envious	envious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	84	amod	_	_
84	Neighbour	Neighbour	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	81	appos	_	_
85	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	86	det	_	_
86	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	81	conj	_	_
87	of	of	ADP	IN	_	89	case	_	_
88	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	89	det	_	_
89	Dawn	Dawn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	86	nmod	_	_
90	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	93	det	_	_
91	Enchanted	Enchanted	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	93	compound	_	_
92	Knife	Knife	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	93	compound	_	_
93	Jesper	Jesper	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	89	conj	_	_
94	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	95	nsubj	_	_
95	herded	herd	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	93	acl:relcl	_	_
96	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	97	det	_	_
97	Hares	Hare	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	95	obj	_	_
98	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	100	det	_	_
99	Underground	underground	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	100	amod	_	_
100	Workers	Worker	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	97	conj	_	_
101	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	102	det	_	_
102	History	History	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	100	conj	_	_
103	of	of	ADP	IN	_	106	case	_	_
104	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	106	compound	_	_
105	Long	Long	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	106	amod	_	_
106	Nose	Nose	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	102	nmod	_	_
107	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	108	det	_	_
108	Nunda	Nunda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	106	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
109	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	110	punct	_	_
110	Eater	Eater	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	132	nsubj	_	_
111	of	of	ADP	IN	_	112	case	_	_
112	People	People	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	110	nmod	_	_
113	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	114	det	_	_
114	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	110	conj	_	_
115	of	of	ADP	IN	_	116	case	_	_
116	Hassebu	Hassebu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	114	nmod	_	_
117	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	118	det	_	_
118	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	132	nsubj	_	_
119	with	with	ADP	IN	_	122	case	_	_
120	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	122	det	_	_
121	Wooden	wooden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	122	amod	_	_
122	Helmet	Helmet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	118	nmod	_	_
123	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	124	det	_	_
124	Monkey	Monkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	122	flat	_	_
125	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	129	cc	_	_
126	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	129	det	_	_
127	Jelly	Jelly	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	129	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
128	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	127	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
129	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	118	conj	_	_
130	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	131	det	_	_
131	Headless	Headless	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	132	nsubj	_	_
132	Dwarfs	dwarf	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	100	acl:relcl	_	_
133	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	135	det	_	_
134	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	135	amod	_	_
135	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	141	nsubj	_	_
136	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	138	nsubj	_	_
137	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	138	aux	_	_
138	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	135	acl:relcl	_	_
139	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	140	nmod:poss	_	_
140	Eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	138	obj	_	_
141	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	132	parataxis	_	_
142	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	143	det	_	_
143	Boys	Boy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	141	obj	_	_
144	with	with	ADP	IN	_	147	case	_	_
145	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	147	det	_	_
146	Golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	147	amod	_	_
147	Stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	154	obl	_	_
148	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	149	det	_	_
149	Frog	Frog	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	154	nsubj:pass	_	_
150	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	151	det	_	_
151	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	149	conj	_	_
152	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	154	nsubj:pass	_	_
153	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	154	aux:pass	_	_
154	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	141	advcl	_	_
155	Underground	underground	ADP	IN	_	157	case	_	_
156	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	157	det	_	_
157	Girl	Girl	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	154	obl	_	_
158	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	159	nsubj	_	_
159	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	154	parataxis	_	_
160	to	to	PART	TO	_	163	mark	_	_
161	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	163	cop	_	_
162	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	163	det	_	_
163	Boy	Boy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	159	ccomp	_	_
164	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	165	det	_	_
165	Story	Story	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	159	obj	_	_
166	of	of	ADP	IN	_	167	case	_	_
167	Halfman	Halfman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	165	nmod	_	_
168	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	169	det	_	_
169	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	171	nsubj	_	_
170	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	171	nsubj	_	_
171	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	159	parataxis	_	_
172	to	to	PART	TO	_	173	mark	_	_
173	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	171	xcomp	_	_
174	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	176	det	_	_
175	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	176	compound	_	_
176	Virgililus	Virgililus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	173	obj	_	_
177	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	179	det	_	_
178	Sorcerer	Sorcerer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	179	compound	_	_
179	Mogarzea	Mogarzea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	176	appos	_	_
180	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	182	cc	_	_
181	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	182	nmod:poss	_	_
182	Son	Son	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	159	conj	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | past | the Child |  |  | a Stan Bolovan |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from bolovan=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **swim** | past | a Fish |  |  | the Air and a Hare |  | in the Water; in a Sack and the Fairy of the Dawn and the Enchanted Knife Jesper | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in air=Trajectory |
| 3 | **herd** | past | the Enchanted Knife Jesper | the Hares and the Underground Workers and the History of Dwarf Long Nose |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent hare=Patient |
| 4 | **dwarf** | present | Eater of People and the Story of Hassebu | the Underground Workers and the History of Dwarf Long Nose *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **have** | would | the young Man | Headless's Eyes |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient |
| 6 | **open** | past | the young Man | the Boys |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location boy=Theme |
| 7 | **hide** | past · passive |  | the Frog and the Princess |  |  |  | with the Golden Stars; underground the Girl | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 8 | **pretend** | past |  | the Story of Halfman |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **is a** | to-infinitive |  | a Boy |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **want** | past | the Prince |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 11 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Prince *not said here* | the World Virgililus |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer virgililus=Stimulus |

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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.

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**Text:** «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order.

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