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title: If the wind was cold or the sun was hot and she was afraid to go out… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: If the wind was cold or the sun was hot and she was afraid to go out lest her complexion should be spoilt, she need only to run down to the spring close by and say softly, ‘I should like my churns to be full, and my wet linen to be stretched on the hedge to dry,’ and she need never give another thou
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# The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 59

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If the wind was cold or the sun was hot and she was afraid to go out lest her complexion should be spoilt, she need only to run down to the spring close by and say softly, ‘I should like my churns to be full, and my wet linen to be stretched on the hedge to dry,’ and she need never give another thought to the matter.

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**Who acts:** wind, sun, Barbaik, I · **What happens:** be, go out, spoil, need, run down, say · **To what, where:** complexion, wet linen, churns, hedge, thought, matter · **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 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (wind, sun, Barbaik, I), 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:pg3454:37:59
# text = If the wind was cold or the sun was hot and she was afraid to go out lest her complexion should be spoilt, she need only to run down to the spring close by and say softly, ‘I should like my churns to be full, and my wet linen to be stretched on the hedge to dry,’ and she need never give another thought to the matter.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	hot	hot	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	afraid	afraid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	_	_
17	out	out	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	lest	lest	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	complexion	complexion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	spoilt	spoil	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
27	only	only	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	_	_
30	down	down	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
35	by	by	ADP	IN	_	34	fixed	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
37	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	conj	_	_
38	softly	softly	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
40	‘	'	PUNCT	``	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	nsubj	_	_
42	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
43	like	like	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	conj	_	_
44	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	churns	churn	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obj	_	_
46	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
47	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	48	cop	_	_
48	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
51	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	53	nmod:poss	_	_
52	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	linen	linen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
54	to	to	PART	TO	_	56	mark	_	_
55	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	aux:pass	_	_
56	stretched	stretch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	acl	_	_
57	on	on	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	hedge	hedge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	dry	dry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	56	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
64	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	66	cc	_	_
65	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	66	nsubj	_	_
66	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
67	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	68	advmod	_	_
68	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	66	xcomp	_	_
69	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	70	det	_	_
70	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
71	to	to	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the wind |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | the sun |  |  |  |  | hot *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | Barbaik |  |  |  |  | afraid *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **go out** | to-infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **spoil** | should · passive |  | Barbaik's complexion |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **need** | present | Barbaik |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 7 | **run down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* |  |  |  | spring | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* | my wet linen |  |  |  | softly *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **like** | should | I | my churns |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot churn=Theme |
| 10 | **is** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |
| 11 | **stretch** | to-infinitive · passive | Barbaik *not said here* | my wet linen *not said here* |  | the hedge |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V» |
| 12 | **dry** | to-infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 13 | **need** | present | Barbaik |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 14 | **not** **give** *not said to happen* | infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* | another thought | the matter |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thought=Theme to matter=Recipient |

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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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