--- title: 'Perhaps she may have come to her senses by to-morrow,' said he to h… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Perhaps she may have come to her senses by to-morrow,' said he to himself; 'and, anyhow, if I am going to send her back to her father, it might be better if we did not meet in the meantime! Who acts: ceremonial, I, distance, we. 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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 (ceremonial, I, distance, we), 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:pg3027:13:24 # text = 'Perhaps she may have come to her senses by to-morrow,' said he to himself; 'and, anyhow, if I am going to send her back to her father, it might be better if we did not meet in the meantime! 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux _ _ 6 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 to to 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 senses sens NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ 16 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 21 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 24 anyhow anyhow INTJ UH _ 29 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 29 parataxis _ _ 42 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 46 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 advcl _ _ 47 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 meantime meantime NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | may · perfect | ceremonial | | | ceremonial's senses | | by morrow; perhaps *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sens=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | ceremonial *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · progressive | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **send back** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | ceremonial | ceremonial's father | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to father=Destination | | 5 | **is** | might | distance | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **meet** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · do-support | we | | | the meantime | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/25/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/13/)