--- title: 'I cannot take away the spell altogether,' she said, 'for the Fairy… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'I cannot take away the spell altogether,' she said, 'for the Fairy of the Fountain is stronger than I; but I can shorten the time of your punishment, and am able to make it less hard, for as soon as darkness fall you shall resume your own shape.' Who acts: I, doe, Fountain, you. 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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 (I, doe, Fountain, you), 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:pg3027:23:100 # text = 'I cannot take away the spell altogether,' she said, 'for the Fairy of the Fountain is stronger than I; but I can shorten the time of your punishment, and am able to make it less hard, for as soon as darkness fall you shall resume your own shape.' 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ 12 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 ccomp _ _ 19 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Fountain Fountain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 22 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 23 stronger strong ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 18 amod _ _ 24 than than ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 shorten shorten VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 punishment punishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 conj _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 44 advmod _ _ 44 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 darkness darkness NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 51 fall fall VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 52 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 resume resume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 ccomp _ _ 55 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 57 nmod:poss _ _ 56 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **take away** | can | I | the spell | | | | altogether *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | doe | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | the Fountain | | | | | than I; strong *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **shorten** | can | I | | | | time | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | Fountain | | | | hard *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 7 | **fall** | present | I *not said here* | | | | | for darkness | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **resume** | shall | you | your own shape | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Eventuality | | 9 | **punish** | | your | | | | | | nom punishment «act 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/101/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)