--- title: He assured her that having overcome the temptation once the danger w… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He assured her that having overcome the temptation once the danger was now over; but she, knowing better than he did the magic of the Yara’s face and voice, did not fail to make him repeat his promise when he went away. Who acts: Julia, danger, face. 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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 (Julia, danger, face), 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:pg3282:10:119 # text = He assured her that having overcome the temptation once the danger was now over; but she, knowing better than he did the magic of the Yara’s face and voice, did not fail to make him repeat his promise when he went away. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 5 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 6 overcome overcome ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 temptation temptation NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 once once SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 danger danger NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 14 advmod _ _ 14 over over ADV RB _ 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 20 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 19 xcomp _ _ 21 than than SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 magic magic NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Yara Yara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ’s 's PART POS _ 28 case _ _ 30 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 36 advmod _ _ 36 fail fail VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 repeat repeat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obj _ _ 43 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 44 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 46 away away ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assure** | past | Julia | | face | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **have** | gerund | Julia *not said here* | | | | | overcome the temptation | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | the danger | | | | now | over *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **know** | gerund | face | | | | | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **do** | past | Julia | the magic of the Yara's face and voice | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Eventuality | | 6 | **not** **fail** | past · do-support | Julia *not said here* | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **make** | to-infinitive | Julia *not said here* | Julia | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **repeat** | infinitive | Julia *not said here* | Julia's promise | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent promise=Eventuality | | 9 | **go away** | past | Julia | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **promise** | | Julia | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 118](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/118/) - next →: [sentence 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/120/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/10/)