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title: Rozennik was a pretty girl, who knew how to make the best of everyth… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Rozennik was a pretty girl, who knew how to make the best of everything, and she could, if she wished, have chosen a husband from the young men of Plouhinec, but she cared for none of them except Bernez, whom she had played with all her life, and Bernez, though he worked hard, was so very very poor 
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25, sentence 59

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Rozennik was a pretty girl, who knew how to make the best of everything, and she could, if she wished, have chosen a husband from the young men of Plouhinec, but she cared for none of them except Bernez, whom she had played with all her life, and Bernez, though he worked hard, was so very very poor that Marzinne told him roughly he must look elsewhere for a wife.

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**Who acts:** Rozennik, pretty girl, man, Marzinne · **What happens:** be, know, make, wish, choose, care · **To what, where:** pretty girl, best, husband, Bernez, man · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 25. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Rozennik, pretty girl, man, Marzinne), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg3454:25:59
# text = Rozennik was a pretty girl, who knew how to make the best of everything, and she could, if she wished, have chosen a husband from the young men of Plouhinec, but she cared for none of them except Bernez, whom she had played with all her life, and Bernez, though he worked hard, was so very very poor that Marzinne told him roughly he must look elsewhere for a wife.
1	Rozennik	Rozennik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	11	obj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
22	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	wished	wish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
25	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	parataxis	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	husband	husband	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
29	from	from	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Plouhinec	Plouhinec	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	nsubj	_	_
38	cared	care	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	parataxis	_	_
39	for	for	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	38	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nmod	_	_
43	except	except	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Bernez	Bernez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
46	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	49	obj	_	_
47	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	49	nsubj	_	_
48	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	49	aux	_	_
49	played	play	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	44	acl	_	_
50	with	with	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	53	det:predet	_	_
52	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
53	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	Bernez	Bernez	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
58	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	60	mark	_	_
59	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	60	nsubj	_	_
60	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
61	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	60	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
63	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	cop	_	_
64	so	so	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
65	very	very	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
66	very	very	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
67	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	obl	_	_
68	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	70	mark	_	_
69	Marzinne	Marzinne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	nsubj	_	_
70	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	67	advcl	_	_
71	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	70	iobj	_	_
72	roughly	roughly	ADV	RB	_	75	advmod	_	_
73	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	75	nsubj	_	_
74	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	75	aux	_	_
75	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	70	ccomp	_	_
76	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	RB	_	75	advmod	_	_
77	for	for	ADP	IN	_	79	case	_	_
78	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
79	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Rozennik | a pretty girl |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | past | a pretty girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | the best |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset good=Product |
| 4 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Rozennik |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 5 | **choose** | could · perfect |  | a husband |  |  |  | from the young men of Plouhinec | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent husband=Theme from man=Source |
| 6 | **care** | past | Rozennik |  |  |  |  | for none; except Bernez and Bernez | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for none=Theme |
| 7 | **play** | past · perfect | Rozennik | Bernez and Bernez |  |  |  | with Rozennik's life | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent whom=Theme with life=Co-Agent |
| 8 | **work** | past | man |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | poor *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Marzinne |  | man |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 11 | **look** | must | man |  |  |  |  | for a wife; elsewhere, roughly *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for wife=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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