--- title: For the balsam with which I have rubbed it inside and out has, besid… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: For the balsam with which I have rubbed it inside and out has, besides its healing balm, the quality of strengthening the material it touches, so that, even were your majesty to live a thousand years, you would find the slipper just as fresh at the end of that time as it is now.' Who acts: I, balsam --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/40/) [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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/) / 40 # The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 37, sentence 40 For the balsam with which I have rubbed it inside and out has, besides its healing balm, the quality of strengthening the material it touches, so that, even were your majesty to live a thousand years, you would find the slipper just as fresh at the end of that time as it is now.' **Who acts:** I, balsam, quality, you · **What happens:** rub, have, beside, strengthen, touch, be · **To what, where:** balsam, healing balm, material, majesty, slipper This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, balsam, quality, 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:pg3027:37:40 # text = For the balsam with which I have rubbed it inside and out has, besides its healing balm, the quality of strengthening the material it touches, so that, even were your majesty to live a thousand years, you would find the slipper just as fresh at the end of that time as it is now.' 1 For for ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 balsam balsam NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 obl _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 rubbed rub VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 acl:relcl _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 inside inside ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 out out ADV RB _ 10 conj _ _ 13 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 besides beside VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 healing healing NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 compound _ _ 18 balm balm NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 appos _ _ 22 of of SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 strengthening strengthen VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 acl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 material material NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 touches touch VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 so so SCONJ IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 33 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 34 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 parataxis _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 acl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 thousand thousand NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 slipper slipper NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 just just ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 48 as as ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 55 det _ _ 55 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 as as SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 advcl _ _ 59 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rub** | present · perfect | I | balsam | | | | with the balsam; inside *property* | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with which=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | the balsam | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **beside** | present | the balsam *not said here* | balsam's healing balm | | | | so that | tree rules | | 4 | **strengthen** | gerund | the quality *not said here* | the material | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent material=Patient | | 5 | **touch** | present | balsam | the material *not said here* | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme material=Co-Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | | your majesty | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **live** | to-infinitive | the balsam *not said here* | | | | year | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **find** | would | you | the slipper | | | | fresh *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slipper=Topic | | 9 | **be** | present | balsam | | | | now | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/41/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/37/)