--- title: It happened one day that the Fairy of the Meadows passed by and saw… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It happened one day that the Fairy of the Meadows passed by and saw them, and was so much attracted by their pretty faces and gentle manners that she took them under her protection, and the older they grew the dearer they became to her. Who acts: It, Fairy, pretty faces, Sylvain. 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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, Fairy, pretty faces, Sylvain), 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:pg7277:9:5 # text = It happened one day that the Fairy of the Meadows passed by and saw them, and was so much attracted by their pretty faces and gentle manners that she took them under her protection, and the older they grew the dearer they became to her. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Meadows meadow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 11 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 much much ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 attracted attract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 22 by by ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 25 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 advcl _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 under under ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 protection protection NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 advmod _ _ 40 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 dearer dear ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 41 xcomp _ _ 44 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | It | | | | day | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pass by** | past | the Fairy of the Meadows | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | the Fairy of the Meadows *not said here* | Sylvain | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **attract** | past · passive | Sylvain's pretty faces and gentle manners | | | | | | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **take** | past | Fairy | Sylvain | | Fairy's protection | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 6 | **grow** | past | Sylvain | | | | | dear *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **become** | past | Sylvain | | Fairy | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **protect** | | Fairy | | | | | | nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/6/) - ↑ back to [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/)