--- title: She began to get quite ill, and in a few days she was so changed tha… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She began to get quite ill, and in a few days she was so changed that it was difficult to recognise her; formerly she had been rosy and merry, now she was pale and nothing gave her any pleasure. Who acts: Princess, nothing. 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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 (Princess, nothing), 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:pg540:12:46 # text = She began to get quite ill, and in a few days she was so changed that it was difficult to recognise her; formerly she had been rosy and merry, now she was pale and nothing gave her any pleasure. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 quite quite ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 parataxis _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 expl _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 advcl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 recognise recognise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 csubj _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 29 cop _ _ 29 rosy rosy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 pale pale ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 38 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 39 nsubj _ _ 39 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 42 det _ _ 42 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | Princess | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | Princess *not said here* | | | | | ill *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **change** | past · passive | | Princess | | | day | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **recognise** | to-infinitive | | Princess | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past · perfect | Princess | | | | | formerly, rosy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | Princess *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | Princess | | | | now | pale *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **give** | past | nothing | any pleasure | Princess | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient pleasure=Theme | 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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/47/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Pig](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/12/)