--- title: ‘Fairer they may be, but it is she whom I wish for my wife, and none… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Fairer they may be, but it is she whom I wish for my wife, and none other,’ and the Gruagach saw that the king’s mind was set upon her, so he entered his house, and bade all the maidens in it come out one by one, and pass before the king. Who acts: Gruagach, I, none, Fairer. 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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 (Gruagach, I, none, Fairer), 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:pg3454:8:125 # text = ‘Fairer they may be, but it is she whom I wish for my wife, and none other,’ and the Gruagach saw that the king’s mind was set upon her, so he entered his house, and bade all the maidens in it come out one by one, and pass before the king. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Fairer fair ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 26 nsubj _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 2 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 2 obl _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 20 nsubj _ _ 20 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Gruagach Gruagach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ’s 's PART POS _ 29 case _ _ 31 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 ccomp _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 bade bade NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 47 det:predet _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 maidens maiden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nmod _ _ 50 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 parataxis _ _ 51 out out ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 52 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 50 obl _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 57 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 conj _ _ 58 before before ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 26 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | infinitive | | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | Gruagach | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **wish** | present | I | | | | | for my wife | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for wife=Theme | | 4 | **be** | | none | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | past | Fairer | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **set** | past · passive | | the king's mind | | | | upon girl | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon she=Destination | | 7 | **enter** | past | King | King's house | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Destination | | 8 | **come out** | present | all maidens in Gruagach | bade | | | | one by one *obl*; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **pass** | infinitive | all maidens in Gruagach *not said here* | | | | before the king | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme before king=Location | | 10 | **mind** | | the king | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/126/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/8/)