--- title: To think that by-and-by she would cease to be a white doe--indeed, t… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To think that by-and-by she would cease to be a white doe--indeed, that she would at once cease to be one during the night--was for the present joy enough for Desiree, and she skipped about on the grass in the prettiest manner. Who acts: doe. 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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 (doe), 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:pg3027:23:101 # text = To think that by-and-by she would cease to be a white doe--indeed, that she would at once cease to be one during the night--was for the present joy enough for Desiree, and she skipped about on the grass in the prettiest manner. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 3 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 by by ADP IN _ 4 fixed _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 cease cease VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 13 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 doe doe NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 -- -- PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 18 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 22 obl _ _ 25 cease cease NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 cop _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nmod _ _ 29 during during ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 -- -- PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 38 enough enough ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Desiree Desiree PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 44 skipped skip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 45 about about ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 grass grass NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 prettiest pretty ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 52 amod _ _ 52 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **cease** | would | doe | cease | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a white doe | | | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | one | | | night | | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | for the present joy; for Desiree; enough *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **skip** | past | doe | | | the grass | | in the prettiest manner; about *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on grass=Trajectory | 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 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/100/) - next →: [Opening, part 24, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/24/1/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/23/)