--- title: Then the Blue Bird was furiously angry, and told the Princess all th… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Blue Bird was furiously angry, and told the Princess all that had happened, how he had been deceived into carrying off Turritella, and how, for refusing to marry her, the Fairy Mazilla had condemned him to be a Blue Bird for seven years. Who acts: Blue Bird, that. 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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 (Blue Bird, that), 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:pg7277:3:64 # text = Then the Blue Bird was furiously angry, and told the Princess all that had happened, how he had been deceived into carrying off Turritella, and how, for refusing to marry her, the Fairy Mazilla had condemned him to be a Blue Bird for seven years. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 Bird Bird PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 furiously furiously ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 16 det:predet _ _ 14 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 15 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ _ 23 into into SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 carrying carry VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 25 off off ADP RP _ 24 compound:prt _ _ 26 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 refusing refuse VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 compound _ _ 39 Mazilla Mazilla PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 condemned condemn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 44 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 Blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 advcl _ _ 48 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 nummod _ _ 50 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Blue Bird | | | | then | angry, furiously *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | the Princess | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **happen** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **deceive** | past · perfect · passive | | light | | | | | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **carry off** | gerund | | Turritella | | | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turritella=Theme | | 6 | **refuse** | gerund | | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 7 | **not** **marry** | to-infinitive | | Princess | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 8 | **condemn** | past · perfect · passive | | the Fairy Mazilla | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a Blue Bird | | | year | | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/65/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)