--- title: Then her sisters seemed to have got quite used to being without her,… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then her sisters seemed to have got quite used to being without her, and even found her rather in the way, so she would not have been sorry when the two months were over but for her father and brothers, who begged her to stay, and seemed so grieved at the thought of her departure that she had not th --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/48/) [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 Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [Beauty and the Beast, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/) / 48 # The Blue Fairy Book, Beauty and the Beast, part 3, sentence 48 Then her sisters seemed to have got quite used to being without her, and even found her rather in the way, so she would not have been sorry when the two months were over but for her father and brothers, who begged her to stay, and seemed so grieved at the thought of her departure that she had not the courage to say good-by to them. **Who acts:** sisters, Beauty, two months, father · **What happens:** seem, get, use, be, find, not be · **To what, where:** Beauty, way, thought, courage, good, departure · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Beauty and the Beast, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sisters, Beauty, two months, father), 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:pg503:16:48 # text = Then her sisters seemed to have got quite used to being without her, and even found her rather in the way, so she would not have been sorry when the two months were over but for her father and brothers, who begged her to stay, and seemed so grieved at the thought of her departure that she had not the courage to say good-by to them. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 sisters sister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 6 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 7 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 xcomp _ _ 8 quite quite ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 used use VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 advcl _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 cop _ _ 12 without without ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 even even ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ _ 19 rather rather ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 26 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 28 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux _ _ 29 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 cop _ _ 30 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 31 when when SCONJ WRB _ 36 mark _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 34 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 over over ADV RB _ 30 ccomp _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 conj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 44 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 45 nsubj _ _ 45 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 51 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 52 so so ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 grieved grieve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 xcomp _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 59 nmod:poss _ _ 59 departure departure NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ _ 60 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 61 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 62 nsubj _ _ 62 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 acl _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 65 advmod _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 courage courage NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obj _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 acl _ _ 68 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 by by ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 to to ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seem** | past | Beauty's sisters | | | | then | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive · perfect | Beauty's sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **use** | participle | Beauty's sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | to Beauty | tree rules | | 5 | **find** | past | Beauty's sisters *not said here* | Beauty | | the way | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | | 6 | **not** **is** | would · perfect | Beauty | | | | | sorry *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | the two months | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | Beauty's father and brothers | | Beauty | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 9 | **stay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Beauty's father and brothers *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **seem** | past | Beauty's sisters *not said here* | | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | | 11 | **grieve** | participle | Beauty's sisters *not said here* | | | the thought of Beauty's departure | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 12 | **have** | past | Beauty | the courage | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Patient | | 13 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | Beauty *not said here* | good | | | | by sisters *= sister* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent good=Topic | | 14 | **think** | | | Beauty's departure | | | | | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 15 | **depart** | | Beauty | | | | | | nom departure «act intransitive»: 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/47/) - next →: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/49/) - ↑ back to [Beauty and the Beast, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/16/)