--- title: However, the fairy did not think of that, but, carried away by her n… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, the fairy did not think of that, but, carried away by her new ideas, she hastily formed a Council, and named as Prime Minister the excellent ‘Ditto,’ so called because he had never been known to contradict anybody. Who acts: fairy. 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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), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Checked tree.** This sentence is in the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3 (`gutenberg:pg5615:2931`): parsed by Mova, then checked and patched by a teacher model under UD validation gates — Mova annot: Rust (en) → Claude Opus (medium) patches; gates UD 2.18. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg5615:29:109 # text = However, the fairy did not think of that, but, carried away by her new ideas, she hastily formed a Council, and named as Prime Minister the excellent ‘Ditto,’ so called because he had never been known to contradict anybody. 1 However however ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 obl _ _ 10 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 15 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 ideas idea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 formed form VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 Council Council PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 named name VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 conj _ _ 28 as as ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 Prime Prime PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 Minister Minister PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 excellent excellent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 34 punct _ _ 34 Ditto Ditto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 36 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 34 punct _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 39 because because SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 contradict contradict VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 xcomp _ _ 47 anybody anybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 46 obj _ _ 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the fairy | | | | | of that; however *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **carry away** | participle | fairy *not said here* | | | | | by fairy's new ideas; away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **form** | past | fairy | a Council | | | | hastily *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location council=Theme | | 4 | **name** | past | fairy *not said here* | the excellent Ditto | | | | as Prime Minister | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent ditto=Theme as minister=Attribute | | 5 | **call** | participle | | the excellent Ditto *not said here* | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **not** **know** | past · perfect · passive | | prince | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **contradict** | to-infinitive | | anybody | | | | | tree rules | 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:** the tales treebank of Mova corpus 0.3, Apache-2.0 OR MIT. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/110/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/29/)