--- title: As for me, I was so miserable that I threw myself into the sea, and… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As for me, I was so miserable that I threw myself into the sea, and my ladies, who loved me, declared that they would die too; but, instead of dying, some wizard, who pitied my fate, turned us all into fishes, though he allowed me to keep the face and body of a woman. Who acts: I, ladies, giant, my. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/49/) [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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/) / 49 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 25, sentence 49 As for me, I was so miserable that I threw myself into the sea, and my ladies, who loved me, declared that they would die too; but, instead of dying, some wizard, who pitied my fate, turned us all into fishes, though he allowed me to keep the face and body of a woman. **Who acts:** I, ladies, giant, my · **What happens:** be, throw, love, declare, die, pity · **To what, where:** myself, sea, me, fate, us, face This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, ladies, giant, my), 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:pg3027:25:49 # text = As for me, I was so miserable that I threw myself into the sea, and my ladies, who loved me, declared that they would die too; but, instead of dying, some wizard, who pitied my fate, turned us all into fishes, though he allowed me to keep the face and body of a woman. 1 As as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 3 case _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 1 fixed _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 into into ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 ladies lady NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 30 too too ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 instead instead ADV RB ExtPos=SCONJ 36 mark _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 34 fixed _ _ 36 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 39 wizard wizard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 42 pitied pity VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 43 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 47 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 nmod:unmarked _ _ 49 into into ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 fishes fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 52 though though SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 allowed allow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 conj _ _ 55 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ _ 56 to to PART TO _ 57 mark _ _ 57 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 xcomp _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 62 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 63 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I | | | | | as me; miserable *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **throw** | past | I | myself | | | | into the sea *result* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer myself=Theme into sea=Result | | 3 | **love** | past | | me | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | | 4 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **die** | would | ladies *= lady* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **die** | gerund | | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **be** | | I *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **pity** | past | | my fate | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fate=Stimulus | | 9 | **turn** | past | | us | | | | into fishes *result* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent we=Theme into fish=Result | | 10 | **allow** | past | giant | | me | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer i=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 11 | **keep** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | giant *not said here* | the face and body of a woman | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Theme | | 12 | **fate** | | my | | | | | | nom fate «event 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/50/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/25/)