--- title: If the poor girl's life had been miserable before, it was ten times… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If the poor girl's life had been miserable before, it was ten times worse now, for the moment her father's back was turned the others teased and tormented her from morning till night; and their fury was increased by the sight of her wreath, which the doves had placed again on her head. 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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 (life, others, sight, girls), 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:pg3027:12:74 # text = If the poor girl's life had been miserable before, it was ten times worse now, for the moment her father's back was turned the others teased and tormented her from morning till night; and their fury was increased by the sight of her wreath, which the doves had placed again on her head. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 9 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 10 before before ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 15 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 16 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 conj _ _ 17 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 24 's 's PART POS _ 23 case _ _ 25 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 turned turn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 parataxis _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 teased tease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 tormented torment VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 till till ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT : _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 fury fury NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 increased increase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 44 by by ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 wreath wreath NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nsubj:pass _ _ 54 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 acl:relcl _ _ 56 again again ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 57 on on ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | the poor girl's life | | | | | before, miserable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | life | | | | now; time | bad *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **turn** | past · passive | | evil's father's back | | | moment | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **tease** | past | the others | | | | | | vn ferret-35.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **torment** | past | the others *not said here* | evil | | | morning; night | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 6 | **increase** | past · passive | the sight of evil's wreath | girls's fury | | | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer subject=Patient | | 7 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | | evil's wreath | | evil's head | again | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on head=Destination | | 8 | **infuriate** | | girls *= girl* | | | | | | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **sight** | | | evil's wreath | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/75/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/12/)