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title: All night long she called, and waited, and listened, but still there… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: All night long she called, and waited, and listened, but still there was no answer, for the cruel Queen had caused the fir tree to be hung all over with knives, swords, razors, shears, bill-hooks, and sickles, so that when the Blue Bird heard the Princess call, and flew towards her, his wings were c
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# The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 3, sentence 18

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All night long she called, and waited, and listened, but still there was no answer, for the cruel Queen had caused the fir tree to be hung all over with knives, swords, razors, shears, bill-hooks, and sickles, so that when the Blue Bird heard the Princess call, and flew towards her, his wings were cut, and his little black feet clipped off, and all pierced and stabbed in twenty places, he fell back bleeding into his hiding place in the tree, and lay there groaning and despairing, for he thought the Princess must have been persuaded to betray him, to regain her liberty.

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**Who acts:** Bird, answer, cruel Queen, Blue Bird, Princess · **What happens:** call, wait, listen, be, cause, hang · **To what, where:** fir tree, Princess call, wings, little black feet, all, twenty places · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, 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 (Bird, answer, cruel Queen, Blue Bird), 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:pg7277:4:18
# text = All night long she called, and waited, and listened, but still there was no answer, for the cruel Queen had caused the fir tree to be hung all over with knives, swords, razors, shears, bill-hooks, and sickles, so that when the Blue Bird heard the Princess call, and flew towards her, his wings were cut, and his little black feet clipped off, and all pierced and stabbed in twenty places, he fell back bleeding into his hiding place in the tree, and lay there groaning and despairing, for he thought the Princess must have been persuaded to betray him, to regain her liberty.
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
14	still	still	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	16	expl	_	_
16	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
24	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obj	_	_
29	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
30	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	hung	hang	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	acl	_	_
32	all	all	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	over	over	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	knives	knife	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	swords	sword	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
39	razors	razor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
41	shears	shear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
43	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	hooks	hook	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	sickles	sickle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
50	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	56	mark	_	_
51	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	50	fixed	_	_
52	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	56	advmod	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	Blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	Bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	nsubj	_	_
56	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	conj	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	compound	_	_
59	call	call	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
62	flew	fly	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	parataxis	_	_
63	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
66	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	wings	wing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	69	nsubj:pass	_	_
68	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	aux:pass	_	_
69	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	62	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
70	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	76	cc	_	_
72	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
73	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	_	_
74	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	_	_
75	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	76	nsubj:pass	_	_
76	clipped	clip	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	69	conj	_	_
77	off	off	ADP	RP	_	76	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	81	punct	_	_
79	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	81	cc	_	_
80	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	81	nsubj:pass	_	_
81	pierced	pierce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	56	parataxis	_	_
82	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	83	cc	_	_
83	stabbed	stab	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	81	conj	_	_
84	in	in	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
85	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	86	nummod	_	_
86	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	83	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	89	punct	_	_
88	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	89	nsubj	_	_
89	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	81	conj	_	_
90	back	back	ADV	RB	_	89	advmod	_	_
91	bleeding	bleed	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	89	xcomp	_	_
92	into	into	ADP	IN	_	95	case	_	_
93	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	95	nmod:poss	_	_
94	hiding	hiding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	compound	_	_
95	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	91	obl	_	_
96	in	in	ADP	IN	_	98	case	_	_
97	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	98	det	_	_
98	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	95	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
99	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	101	punct	_	_
100	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	101	cc	_	_
101	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	89	advcl	_	_
102	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	101	advmod	_	_
103	groaning	groan	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	101	xcomp	_	_
104	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	105	cc	_	_
105	despairing	despair	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	103	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
106	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	109	punct	_	_
107	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	109	mark	_	_
108	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	109	nsubj	_	_
109	thought	think	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	103	advcl	_	_
110	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	111	det	_	_
111	Princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	115	nsubj:pass	_	_
112	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	115	aux	_	_
113	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	115	aux	_	_
114	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	115	aux:pass	_	_
115	persuaded	persuade	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	109	ccomp	_	_
116	to	to	PART	TO	_	117	mark	_	_
117	betray	betray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	115	xcomp	_	_
118	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	117	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
119	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	121	punct	_	_
120	to	to	PART	TO	_	121	mark	_	_
121	regain	regain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	117	conj	_	_
122	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	123	nmod:poss	_	_
123	liberty	liberty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	121	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
124	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** *speech: assert* | past | Bird |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wait** | past | Bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **listen** | past | Bird *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **be** | past | no answer |  |  | there | still |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **cause** | past · perfect | the cruel Queen | the fir tree |  |  |  | sickles *obl* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tree=Patient |
| 6 | **hang** | to-infinitive · passive | the cruel Queen *not said here* | the fir tree *not said here* |  |  |  | with knives and swords and razors and shears and bill hooks; over *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V» |
| 7 | **hear** | past | the Blue Bird | the Princess call |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer call=Stimulus |
| 8 | **fly** | past |  |  |  |  |  | towards Bird | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards she=Destination |
| 9 | **cut** | past · passive |  | answer's wings |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 10 | **clip off** | participle · passive |  | answer's little black feet |  |  |  |  | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 11 | **pierce** | participle · passive |  | all |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 12 | **stab** | participle |  |  |  | twenty places |  |  | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in place=Location |
| 13 | **fall back** | past | answer |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 14 | **bleed** | gerund | answer *not said here* |  |  | answer's hiding place in the tree |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into place=Location |
| 15 | **lay** | infinitive | answer *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 16 | **groan** | gerund | answer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 17 | **despair** | gerund | answer *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 18 | **think** *speech: other* | past | answer |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 19 | **persuade** | must · perfect · passive |  | the Princess |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 20 | **betray** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | answer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 21 | **regain** | to-infinitive | the Princess *not said here* | Bird's liberty |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent liberty=Theme |

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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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