--- title: The sentence I pass upon her is, that if she is allowed to see one r… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The sentence I pass upon her is, that if she is allowed to see one ray of daylight before her fifteenth birthday she will rue it bitterly, and it may perhaps cost her her life.' Who acts: I, queen, fifteenth birthday, birthday. A sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/73/) [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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/) / 73 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 22, sentence 73 The sentence I pass upon her is, that if she is allowed to see one ray of daylight before her fifteenth birthday she will rue it bitterly, and it may perhaps cost her her life.' **Who acts:** I, queen, fifteenth birthday, birthday · **What happens:** pass, be, allow, see, rue, cost · **To what, where:** sentence, queen, one ray, ray, life, daylight This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, queen, fifteenth birthday, birthday), 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:pg3027:22:73 # text = The sentence I pass upon her is, that if she is allowed to see one ray of daylight before her fifteenth birthday she will rue it bitterly, and it may perhaps cost her her life.' 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 sentence sentence NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 3 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 pass pass VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 upon upon SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 ray ray NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 daylight daylight NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 before before SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 22 fifteenth fifteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 rue rue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 27 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | present | I | the sentence | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sentence=Trajectory | | 2 | **be** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **allow** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | queen | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | queen *not said here* | one ray of daylight | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ray=Stimulus | | 5 | **rue** | future | queen's fifteenth birthday | ray | | | | bitterly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | | 6 | **cost** | may | birthday | queen's life | | | | perhaps *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme life=Value | | 7 | **ray** | | | daylight | | | | | nom ray «phenomenon 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/74/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/22/)