--- title: ‘My dear,’ said she to her husband, when she was beginning to recove… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘My dear,’ said she to her husband, when she was beginning to recover, ‘I think I’d feel better if I was to see my father and mother and sisters once more. Who acts: mother, I. 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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 (mother, I), 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:pg3454:13:20 # text = ‘My dear,’ said she to her husband, when she was beginning to recover, ‘I think I’d feel better if I was to see my father and mother and sisters once more. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 when when SCONJ WRB _ 15 mark _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 15 beginning begin VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ’d have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 ccomp _ _ 24 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 25 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 24 xcomp _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 advcl _ _ 31 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ _ 37 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 38 advmod _ _ 38 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | mother | | mother's husband | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient | | 2 | **begin** | past · progressive | mother | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **recover** | to-infinitive | mother *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **feel** | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | good *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 7 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | I | my father and mother and sisters | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/21/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/)