--- title: Now it happened that King Charming, or rather the Blue Bird, had bee… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now it happened that King Charming, or rather the Blue Bird, had been flying round the palace in the hope of seeing his beloved Princess, but had not dared to go too near the windows for fear of being seen and recognised by Turritella. Who acts: it, hope. 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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 (it, hope), 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:pg7277:3:44 # text = Now it happened that King Charming, or rather the Blue Bird, had been flying round the palace in the hope of seeing his beloved Princess, but had not dared to go too near the windows for fear of being seen and recognised by Turritella. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:desc _ _ 6 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 rather rather ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux _ _ 16 flying fly VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 17 round round ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 hope hope NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 of of SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 seeing see VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 acl _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 dared dare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 too too ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 36 near near ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 of of SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 42 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 recognised recognise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 46 by by ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | Charming King or the Blue Bird | | | now | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **fly** | past · perfect · progressive | | | | the palace in the hope | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round palace=Trajectory | | 3 | **see** | gerund | the hope *not said here* | King's beloved Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **dare** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **not** **go** | to-infinitive | | | | the windows for fear | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme near window=Location | | 6 | **see** | gerund · passive | | fear *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 7 | **recognise** | participle | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/45/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)