--- title: How could he have imagined that the quiet, gentle girl who had been… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: How could he have imagined that the quiet, gentle girl who had been so charming a companion to him during the first days of their marriage, could have become in a day the rude, sulky woman, who could not control her temper even to benefit herself. Who acts: prince, quiet gentle girl, rude sulky woma --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Orange Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/) / [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/) / 16 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 13, sentence 16 How could he have imagined that the quiet, gentle girl who had been so charming a companion to him during the first days of their marriage, could have become in a day the rude, sulky woman, who could not control her temper even to benefit herself. **Who acts:** prince, quiet gentle girl, rude sulky woman, thoughts, woman · **What happens:** imagine, charm, become, not control, benefit, marry · **To what, where:** companion, prince, quiet gentle girl, temper, woman This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, quiet gentle girl, rude sulky woman, thoughts), 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:pg3027:13:16 # text = How could he have imagined that the quiet, gentle girl who had been so charming a companion to him during the first days of their marriage, could have become in a day the rude, sulky woman, who could not control her temper even to benefit herself. 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux _ _ 5 imagined imagine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 8 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 gentle gentle ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 charming charm VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 companion companion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ _ 21 during during ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 24 amod _ _ 24 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 marriage marriage NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 31 aux _ _ 31 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 sulky sulky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 44 control control VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 temper temper NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 even even ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 benefit benefit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 advcl _ _ 50 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 49 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | could · perfect | prince | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **charm** | past · perfect · progressive | the quiet gentle girl | a companion | prince | | day | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus companion=Experiencer | | 3 | **become** | could · perfect | | the quiet gentle girl *not said here* | | | day | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **not** **control** | could | the rude sulky woman | woman's temper | | | | | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent temper=Theme | | 5 | **benefit** | to-infinitive | the rude sulky woman *not said here* | woman | | | | | vn benefit-72.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer herself=Beneficiary | | 6 | **marry** | | thoughts *= thought* | | | | | | nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **temper** | | woman | | | | | | nom temper «feeling 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 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/17/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)