--- title: In gratitude for her goodness to him, he told her that he was a wiza… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In gratitude for her goodness to him, he told her that he was a wizard and could give her anything she chose to ask for, except life or death, so she answered that what she longed for most in the world was that my wrinkled skin should disappear, and that I should regain the beauty with which I was b --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/27/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/) / [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/) / 27 # The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 27 In gratitude for her goodness to him, he told her that he was a wizard and could give her anything she chose to ask for, except life or death, so she answered that what she longed for most in the world was that my wrinkled skin should disappear, and that I should regain the beauty with which I was born. **Who acts:** man, three, wrinkled skin, I · **What happens:** tell, be, give, choose, ask, answer · **To what, where:** three, gratitude, wizard, anything, most, world · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man, three, wrinkled skin, 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:pg3454:4:27 # text = In gratitude for her goodness to him, he told her that he was a wizard and could give her anything she chose to ask for, except life or death, so she answered that what she longed for most in the world was that my wrinkled skin should disappear, and that I should regain the beauty with which I was born. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 gratitude gratitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 goodness goodness NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 ccomp _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 19 obj _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ _ 26 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 except except ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 longed long VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 ccomp _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 wrinkled wrinkle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 49 amod _ _ 49 skin skin NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 disappear disappear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 54 that that SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 55 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 56 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 57 aux _ _ 57 regain regain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 conj _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obj _ _ 60 with with ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 61 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 obl _ _ 62 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 63 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 59 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | man | | three | gratitude for three's goodness to man | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **is a** | past | man | a wizard | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | could | man *not said here* | anything | three | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient anything=Theme | | 4 | **choose** | past | three | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | three *not said here* | | | | | for life or death | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | three | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **long** | past | three | most | | the world | | | tree rules | | 8 | **wrinkle** | participle | | | | | | | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **is** | should · past | my wrinkled skin | | | | | disappear *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **regain** | should | I | the beauty | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=Theme | | 11 | **bear** | past · passive | | I | | | | with the beauty | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/28/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/4/)