--- title: Indeed, she would most likely have died had not the Lion Fairy taken… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed, she would most likely have died had not the Lion Fairy taken a fancy that the child and her mother should go hunting with her in the upper world, and, in spite of her sorrows, it was always a joy to the queen to see the sun again. Who acts: queen, child. 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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 (queen, child), 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:pg3027:28:59 # text = Indeed, she would most likely have died had not the Lion Fairy taken a fancy that the child and her mother should go hunting with her in the upper world, and, in spite of her sorrows, it was always a joy to the queen to see the sun again. 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 4 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 5 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 6 advmod _ _ 6 likely likely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 died die VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 9 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 aux _ _ 10 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 14 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 23 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 25 hunting hunt VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 xcomp _ _ 26 with with ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 upper upper ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 sorrows sorrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 45 advmod _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 acl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 sun sun NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obj _ _ 53 again again ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **die** | would · perfect | queen | | | | | indeed, likely *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 2 | **not** **take** | participle · perfect | | the Lion Fairy | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fancy=Theme | | 3 | **go** | should | the child and queen's mother | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **hunt** | gerund | the child and queen's mother *not said here* | | | the upper world | | with queen | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in world=Location | | 5 | **is a** | past | child | a joy | | spite of queen's sorrows | | to the queen; always *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **see** | to-infinitive | child *not said here* | the sun | | | again | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sun=Stimulus | | 7 | **spite** | | | queen's sorrows | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **sorrow** | | queen | | | | | | nom sorrow «feeling intransitive»: 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/60/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/28/)