--- title: She would wear the beautiful dresses that came when she wished for t… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She would wear the beautiful dresses that came when she wished for them, and visit her neighbours, who would be dying of envy all the while, and she would be able to dance as much as she wished. Who acts: Barbaik, beautiful dresses. 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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 (Barbaik, beautiful dresses), 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:pg3454:37:65 # text = She would wear the beautiful dresses that came when she wished for them, and visit her neighbours, who would be dying of envy all the while, and she would be able to dance as much as she wished. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 wear wear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ 7 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 8 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 17 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 neighbours neighbour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux _ _ 23 dying die VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 envy envy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 26 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 28 det:predet _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 32 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 34 cop _ _ 34 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 dance dance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 as as ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 obj _ _ 39 as as SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | would | Barbaik | the beautiful dresses | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | | 2 | **come** | past | the beautiful dresses | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **wish** | past | Barbaik | | | | | for dresses *= dress* | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for they=Theme | | 4 | **visit** | infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* | Barbaik's neighbours | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Co-Agent | | 5 | **die** | would · progressive | | | | | while | of envy | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of envy=Causer | | 6 | **is** | would | Barbaik | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **dance** | to-infinitive | Barbaik *not said here* | much | | | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location much=Theme | | 8 | **wish** | past | Barbaik | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/66/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/37/)