--- title: As soon as she could speak she implored the Wind to do all he could… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as she could speak she implored the Wind to do all he could to get the wedding put off for two or three days, for it would take her all that time to reach the palace of the king. Who acts: Wind, it. 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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 (Wind, it), 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:pg5615:25:56 # text = As soon as she could speak she implored the Wind to do all he could to get the wedding put off for two or three days, for it would take her all that time to reach the palace of the king. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Wind wind NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 12 obj _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 15 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 13 nmod _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 20 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl _ _ 21 off off ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 conj _ _ 26 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 for for SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 30 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 31 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 parataxis _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 35 det:predet _ _ 34 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl:unmarked _ _ 36 to to PART TO _ 37 mark _ _ 37 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | could | Wind | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **implore** | past | Wind | the Wind | | | | soon *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wind=Recipient | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | Wind *not said here* | all | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Eventuality | | 4 | **get** | to-infinitive | Wind *not said here* | the wedding | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wedding=Stimulus | | 5 | **put off** | participle | | the wedding *not said here* | | | day | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **take** | would | it | | Wind | | time | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | | 7 | **reach** | to-infinitive | | the palace of the king | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/57/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/25/)