--- title: Now the fairy Girouette had a kind heart, but she was a very trying… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the fairy Girouette had a kind heart, but she was a very trying person to live with, for she never knew her own mind for two minutes together, and as she was the sole ruler at Court till the prince grew up everything was always at sixes and sevens. Who acts: fairy, prince, everything. 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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 (fairy, prince, everything), 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:pg5615:29:107 # text = Now the fairy Girouette had a kind heart, but she was a very trying person to live with, for she never knew her own mind for two minutes together, and as she was the sole ruler at Court till the prince grew up everything was always at sixes and sevens. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 Girouette Girouette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 14 very very ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 trying try VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 amod _ _ 16 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 acl _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 23 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 26 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 30 nummod _ _ 30 minutes minute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 31 together together ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 36 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 sole sole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 ruler ruler NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 parataxis _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 till till SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 advcl _ _ 46 up up ADP RP _ 45 compound:prt _ _ 47 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 51 nsubj _ _ 48 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 49 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 51 advmod _ _ 50 at at ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 sixes six NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 parataxis _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 53 sevens seven NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the fairy | a kind heart | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | | 2 | **try** | gerund | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | fairy | a trying person | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **live** | to-infinitive | the fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | past | fairy | fairy's own mind | | | | together *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer mind=Stimulus | | 6 | **is a** | past | fairy | the sole ruler | | Court | | | tree rules | | 7 | **grow up** | past | the prince | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | everything | | | sixes and sevens | | always *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **mind** | | fairy | | | | | | 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 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 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/106/) - next →: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/108/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/)