--- title: The Fairy of the Beech-Woods then informed the King and Queen that t… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Fairy of the Beech-Woods then informed the King and Queen that their subjects had chased King Bruin from the throne, and were waiting to welcome them back again; but they at once abdicated in favour of Prince Featherhead, declaring that nothing could induce them to forsake their peaceful life, a --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/196/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Ce…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/) / 196 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 196 The Fairy of the Beech-Woods then informed the King and Queen that their subjects had chased King Bruin from the throne, and were waiting to welcome them back again; but they at once abdicated in favour of Prince Featherhead, declaring that nothing could induce them to forsake their peaceful life, and the Fairies undertook to see the Prince and Princess established in their beautiful kingdoms. **Who acts:** Fairy, nothing, Fairies, Prince · **What happens:** inform, chase, wait, welcome back, abdicate, declare · **To what, where:** subjects, throne, favour, peaceful life, beautiful kingdoms, Prince Featherhead · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fairy, nothing, Fairies, Prince), 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:pg7277:12:196 # text = The Fairy of the Beech-Woods then informed the King and Queen that their subjects had chased King Bruin from the throne, and were waiting to welcome them back again; but they at once abdicated in favour of Prince Featherhead, declaring that nothing could induce them to forsake their peaceful life, and the Fairies undertook to see the Prince and Princess established in their beautiful kingdoms. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 5 Beech Beech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Woods Woods PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 9 advmod _ _ 9 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 chased chase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 ccomp _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 compound _ _ 20 Bruin Bruin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 21 from from ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 welcome welcome VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 advcl _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 back back ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 32 again again ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 34 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 35 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 38 obl _ _ 38 abdicated abdicate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 parataxis _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 favour favour NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Featherhead featherhead NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 declaring declare VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 advcl _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 49 nsubj _ _ 48 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 49 aux _ _ 49 induce induce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 50 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 forsake forsake VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 53 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 54 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 amod _ _ 55 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 Fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 60 nsubj _ _ 60 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 conj _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 62 mark _ _ 62 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 xcomp _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 conj _ _ 67 established establish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 ccomp _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 69 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 71 nmod:poss _ _ 70 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 amod _ _ 71 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 72 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the Fairy of the Beech Woods | | | | then | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **chase** | past · perfect · passive | | King's subjects | | the throne | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wait** | past · progressive | the Fairy of the Beech Woods *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **welcome back** | to-infinitive | the Fairy of the Beech Woods *not said here* | subjects *= subject* | | | again | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **abdicate** | participle · passive | | subjects *= subject* | | favour of Prince Featherhead | | | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | | 6 | **declare** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **induce** | could | nothing | subjects *= subject* | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result | | 8 | **forsake** | to-infinitive | nothing *not said here* | subjects's peaceful life | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **undertake** | past | the Fairies | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Fairies *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 11 | **establish** | past | the Prince and Princess | | | subjects's beautiful kingdoms | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | | 12 | **favour** | | | Prince Featherhead | | | | | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 195](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/195/) - next →: [sentence 197](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/197/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)