--- title: Surely some evil has befallen her, or she would have sent us a token… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Surely some evil has befallen her, or she would have sent us a token to put our hearts at rest; and I have vowed to myself that my eyes shall not know sleep till, living or dead, I have found her.' Who acts: sister, I, eyes. 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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 (sister, I, eyes), 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:pg3027:29:89 # text = Surely some evil has befallen her, or she would have sent us a token to put our hearts at rest; and I have vowed to myself that my eyes shall not know sleep till, living or dead, I have found her.' 1 Surely surely ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 3 det _ _ 3 evil evil NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 befallen befall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 8 or or CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 aux _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 13 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 token token NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 18 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 hearts heart NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 20 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 vowed vow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 27 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 26 obl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 32 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 35 sleep sleep NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 compound _ _ 36 till till NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 living live VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 conj _ _ 39 or or CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 parataxis _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **befall** | present · perfect · passive | | some evil | | | | surely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **send** | would · perfect | sister | a token | us | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Destination token=Theme | | 3 | **put** | to-infinitive | sister *not said here* | our hearts | | rest | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent heart=Theme at rest=Destination | | 4 | **vow** | present · perfect | I | | myself | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **know** | shall | my eyes | sleep till | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer till=Stimulus | | 6 | **live** | gerund | my eyes *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **find** | present · perfect | I | sister | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | 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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/90/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/29/)