--- title: So they spent another happy evening, but he warned her that whenever… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So they spent another happy evening, but he warned her that whenever she began to tire of him, or ceased to have faith in him, they would be parted for ever, and he’d be obliged to marry the witch’s daughter. Who acts: doors, husband, princess. 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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 (doors, husband, princess), 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:pg3454:13:5 # text = So they spent another happy evening, but he warned her that whenever she began to tire of him, or ceased to have faith in him, they would be parted for ever, and he’d be obliged to marry the witch’s daughter. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 spent spend VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 but but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 15 advmod _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 tire tire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 ceased cease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 25 faith faith NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 parted part VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 33 for for ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’d have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 ccomp _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 42 mark _ _ 42 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 xcomp _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’s 's PART POS _ 44 case _ _ 46 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spend** | past | doors *= door* | | | | evening | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | husband | | princess | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **begin** | past | princess | | | | | whenever *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **tire** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | | | of husband | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **cease** | participle | doors *= door* *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | doors *= door* *not said here* | faith | | | | in husband | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Patient | | 7 | **part** | would · passive | | doors *= door* | | | | | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 8 | **have** | past | husband | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **oblige** | infinitive · passive | husband *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 10 | **marry** | to-infinitive | husband *not said here* | the witch's daughter | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/6/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/13/)