--- title: Then the Fairy dressed Turritella in a magnificent gold and silver r… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Fairy dressed Turritella in a magnificent gold and silver robe, and they mounted together upon a flying Dragon, and very soon reached King Charming’s palace, where he, too, had just been brought by his faithful friend the Enchanter. Who acts: Fairy, Fairies, faithful friend. 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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 (Fairy, Fairies, faithful friend), 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:pg7277:4:63 # text = Then the Fairy dressed Turritella in a magnificent gold and silver robe, and they mounted together upon a flying Dragon, and very soon reached King Charming’s palace, where he, too, had just been brought by his faithful friend the Enchanter. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 gold gold NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 silver silver NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 mounted mount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 17 together together ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 upon upon ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 amod _ _ 21 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 very very ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 26 advmod _ _ 26 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 27 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:desc _ _ 28 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 40 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 too too ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 38 just just ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dress** | past | the Fairy | Turritella | | a magnificent gold and silver robe | then | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turritella=Patient | | 2 | **mount** | past | Fairies *= fairy* | | | | | upon a flying Dragon; together *property* | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon dragon=Destination | | 3 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **reach** | past | the Fairy *not said here* | Charming King's palace | | | | soon *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | | 5 | **bring** | past · perfect · passive | King's faithful friend | King | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument subject=Destination | 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 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/62/) - next →: [sentence 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/64/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)