--- title: She was happier than she had been, but sometimes, when no one saw he… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was happier than she had been, but sometimes, when no one saw her, she would weep as she thought over her old life, and how different it was to the one she was now leading. Who acts: Destiny, one, life. 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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 (Destiny, one, life), 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:pg5615:18:109 # text = She was happier than she had been, but sometimes, when no one saw her, she would weep as she thought over her old life, and how different it was to the one she was now leading. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 happier happy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 than than SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 been be VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 13 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 14 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 weep weep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 as as SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 24 over over ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 31 advmod _ _ 31 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 parataxis _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 40 leading lead VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Destiny | | | | | happy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | past · perfect | Destiny | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | past | no one | Destiny | | | | sometimes *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 4 | **weep** | would | Destiny | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Destiny | | | Destiny's old life | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **be** | | Destiny *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | past | life | | | | | to the one | tree rules | | 8 | **lead** | past · progressive | Destiny | the one *not said here* | | | now | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/110/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/18/)