--- title: The Fairy wife, by means of her magic, was able to erect a magnifice… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: The Fairy wife, by means of her magic, was able to erect a magnificent palace, and to furnish it in the most luxurious manner with everything necessary for comfort; and she supplied, moreover, horses and servants, and everything else that a married couple could desire. 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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 wife, wife, everything), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:16:51 # text = The Fairy wife, by means of her magic, was able to erect a magnificent palace, and to furnish it in the most luxurious manner with everything necessary for comfort; and she supplied, moreover, horses and servants, and everything else that a married couple could desire. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 erect erect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 xcomp _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 furnish furnish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 22 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 26 advmod _ _ 26 luxurious luxurious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 21 obl _ _ 30 necessary necessary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 comfort comfort NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 supplied supply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 moreover moreover ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 horses horse NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 servants servant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 45 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 52 nsubj _ _ 46 else else ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 52 mark _ _ 48 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 49 married married ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 51 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 desire desire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | the Fairy wife *not said here* | | | | | of wife's magic | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the Fairy wife | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **erect** | to-infinitive | the Fairy wife *not said here* | a magnificent palace | | | | | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent palace=Product | | 4 | **furnish** | to-infinitive | the Fairy wife *not said here* | palace | | the luxurious manner | | with everything | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Recipient with everything=Theme | | 5 | **supply** | past | wife | | horses and servants | | | moreover *property* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient | | 6 | **desire** | could | everything | | | | | a married couple *nsubj* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/52/) - ↑ back to [The Story of the Boy With the Deformed Head.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/16/)