--- title: The Lilac-fairy, who knew all, hastened to comfort her and said: "Ei… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The Lilac-fairy, who knew all, hastened to comfort her and said: "Either I am greatly deceived or it is certain that if you ask for a dress the colour of the sun we shall at last baffle the King your father, for it would never be possible to make such a gown; in any case we should gain time." 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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 (Lilac fairy, dress, you, King), 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:pg29021:15:77 # text = The Lilac-fairy, who knew all, hastened to comfort her and said: "Either I am greatly deceived or it is certain that if you ask for a dress the colour of the sun we shall at last baffle the King your father, for it would never be possible to make such a gown; in any case we should gain time." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Lilac lilac ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 hastened hasten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 comfort comfort VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 17 " " PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 Either either CCONJ CC _ 22 cc:preconj _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 20 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 deceived deceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 ccomp _ _ 23 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 26 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 39 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 40 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 baffle baffle NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 49 for for SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 51 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 52 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 54 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 conj _ _ 55 to to PART TO _ 56 mark _ _ 56 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 csubj _ _ 57 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 59 det:predet _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 gown gown NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ; ; PUNCT : _ 66 punct _ _ 61 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 63 det _ _ 63 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obl _ _ 64 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 gain gain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ _ 67 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 69 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the Lilac fairy | all | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer all=Stimulus | | 2 | **hasten** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **comfort** | to-infinitive | | Princess | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Lilac fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **deceive** *in a quote* | present · passive | | the Lilac fairy *= fairy* | | | | greatly *property* | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | present | dress | | | | | certain *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **ask** *speech: ask* *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | the colour | | last baffle | | for a dress | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent colour=Recipient | | 8 | **father** *in a quote* | | the King | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | would | it | | | | | possible *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | such gown | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gown=Product | | 11 | **gain** *in a quote* | should | we | | | | time | in any case | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in case=Attribute | 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/76/) - next →: [sentence 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/78/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)