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title: Thereupon the eldest Fairy consulted her Book of Magic, which she al… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
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# The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 11

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Thereupon the eldest Fairy consulted her Book of Magic, which she always carried about with her, hung to her girdle by a thick silver chain, and there she found out at once that it was Gorgonzola who had stolen the Princess’s heart, and also discovered what the wicked old Fairy had done with it.

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**Who acts:** eldest Fairy, Queen, chain, wicked old Fairy · **What happens:** consult, carry, hang, find out, be, steal · **To what, where:** Book, Gorgonzola

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eldest Fairy, Queen, chain, wicked old Fairy), 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:pg7277:16:11
# text = Thereupon the eldest Fairy consulted her Book of Magic, which she always carried about with her, hung to her girdle by a thick silver chain, and there she found out at once that it was Gorgonzola who had stolen the Princess’s heart, and also discovered what the wicked old Fairy had done with it.
1	Thereupon	thereupon	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	eldest	eld	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	consulted	consult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	Book	Book	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Magic	Magic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	14	advmod	_	_
14	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
15	about	about	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	hung	hang	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	girdle	girdle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
25	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
26	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
30	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	32	advmod	_	_
31	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
33	out	out	ADP	RP	_	32	compound:prt	_	_
34	at	at	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	32	obl	_	_
36	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	42	mark	_	_
37	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
39	Gorgonzola	Gorgonzola	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
40	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	42	nsubj	_	_
41	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	stolen	steal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	advcl	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	Princess	Princess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	’s	's	PART	POS	_	44	case	_	_
46	heart	heart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	also	also	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	discovered	discover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
51	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	57	obj	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
53	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
54	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	nsubj	_	_
56	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	57	aux	_	_
57	done	do	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	50	ccomp	_	_
58	with	with	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consult** | past | the eldest Fairy | Queen's Book of Magic |  |  |  | thereupon *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | past | Queen | Queen's Book of Magic |  |  |  | with Magic; about, always *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 3 | **hang** | past | the eldest Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Queen's girdle; by a thick silver chain | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by chain=Location |
| 4 | **find out** | past | Queen |  |  | there |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | past | chain | Gorgonzola |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **steal** | past · perfect · passive |  | Gorgonzola |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary heart=Theme |
| 7 | **discover** | past | the eldest Fairy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **do** | past · perfect | the wicked old Fairy |  |  |  |  | with heart | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

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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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