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# The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 6

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Now the King had always loved fishing, and never went anywhere without a fish-hook or two in his pocket, so he drew one out hastily, and the Queen lent him her girdle to fasten it to, and it had hardly touched the water before it caught a big fish, which made them an excellent meal--and not before they needed it, for they had found nothing until then but a few wild berries and roots.

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**Who acts:** Fish, Queen, girdle, big fish, King · **What happens:** love, not go, draw, lend, fasten, touch · **To what, where:** King, one, girdle, Fish, big fish, meal

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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 (Fish, Queen, girdle, big fish), 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:pg7277:12:6
# text = Now the King had always loved fishing, and never went anywhere without a fish-hook or two in his pocket, so he drew one out hastily, and the Queen lent him her girdle to fasten it to, and it had hardly touched the water before it caught a big fish, which made them an excellent meal--and not before they needed it, for they had found nothing until then but a few wild berries and roots.
1	Now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	loved	love	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	fishing	fishing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	11	advmod	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	hook	hook	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	conj	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	so	so	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	drew	draw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
27	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	obj	_	_
28	out	out	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	hastily	hastily	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nsubj	_	_
34	lent	lend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
35	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	girdle	girdle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	fasten	fasten	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	advcl	_	_
40	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	obj	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
44	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
45	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
46	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	touched	touch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	conj	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	52	mark	_	_
51	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	advcl	_	_
53	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
57	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	58	nsubj	_	_
58	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	acl:relcl	_	_
59	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	obj	_	_
60	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	62	det	_	_
61	excellent	excellent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	meal	meal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
65	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	68	advmod	_	_
66	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	68	mark	_	_
67	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	_
68	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
69	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
71	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	74	mark	_	_
72	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	74	nsubj	_	_
73	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	74	aux	_	_
74	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	68	conj	_	_
75	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	74	obj	_	_
76	until	until	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	74	obl	_	_
78	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	82	cc	_	_
79	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
80	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	82	amod	_	_
81	wild	wild	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	82	amod	_	_
82	berries	berry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	74	obl	_	_
83	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	84	cc	_	_
84	roots	root	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	82	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | past · perfect · passive |  | the King |  |  | now | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | without a fish hook; anywhere *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **draw** | past | Fish | one |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |
| 4 | **lend** | past | the Queen | Queen's girdle | Fish |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient girdle=Theme |
| 5 | **fasten** | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | girdle |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 6 | **touch** | past · perfect · passive |  | girdle |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer water=Result |
| 7 | **catch** | past | girdle | a big fish |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Theme |
| 8 | **make** | past | a big fish | King |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset they=Beneficiary meal=Product |
| 9 | **not** **need** | past | King | meal |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme |
| 10 | **find** | past · perfect | King | nothing |  |  |  | a few wild berries and roots *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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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 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.

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