--- title: For the Fairy herself was so kind and charming that everybody loved… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For the Fairy herself was so kind and charming that everybody loved her, and all the young princes and princesses who formed her court, were as happy as the day was long, simply because they were near her. Who acts: everybody, princesses, young princes, day. 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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 (everybody, princesses, young princes, day), 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:pg7277:10:2 # text = For the Fairy herself was so kind and charming that everybody loved her, and all the young princes and princesses who formed her court, were as happy as the day was long, simply because they were near her. 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 4 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 3 nmod _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 12 nsubj _ _ 12 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 princes prince NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ _ 22 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 as as ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ _ 30 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 simply simply ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 37 because because SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 near near ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | | | | | | for the Fairy Fairy; kind *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **charm** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **love** | past | everybody | Fairy | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **form** | past | princesses | | Fairy's court | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location court=Theme | | 5 | **is** | past | all young princes and princesses | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | the day | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | princes *= prince* | | | | | near Fairy; simply *property* | tree rules | 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/3/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)