--- title: The fairy Aveline, who lived in a country that touched at one point… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fairy Aveline, who lived in a country that touched at one point the kingdom of King Souci, had under her care the lovely Princess Minon-Minette, and had made up her mind to marry her to the young king, who, in spite of his awkward manners, which could be improved, was really very much nicer than --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/15/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Pink Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/) / [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/) / 15 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 30, sentence 15 The fairy Aveline, who lived in a country that touched at one point the kingdom of King Souci, had under her care the lovely Princess Minon-Minette, and had made up her mind to marry her to the young king, who, in spite of his awkward manners, which could be improved, was really very much nicer than most of the young men she was likely to meet. **Who acts:** fairy, country, young king, spite, Aveline, princess · **What happens:** live, touch, have, make up, marry, improve · **To what, where:** country, one point, lovely Princess, care, mind, princess This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 30. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fairy, country, young king, spite), 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:pg5615:30:15 # text = The fairy Aveline, who lived in a country that touched at one point the kingdom of King Souci, had under her care the lovely Princess Minon-Minette, and had made up her mind to marry her to the young king, who, in spite of his awkward manners, which could be improved, was really very much nicer than most of the young men she was likely to meet. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 Aveline Aveline PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 nsubj _ _ 11 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 acl:relcl _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 point point NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod _ _ 19 Souci Souci PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 under under ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 28 Minon Minon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 29 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 Minette Minette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 34 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 64 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 51 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 52 awkward awkward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 53 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 57 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 58 aux:pass _ _ 58 improved improve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 61 really really ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 62 very very ADV RB _ 63 advmod _ _ 63 much much ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 nicer nice ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 44 parataxis _ _ 65 than than ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 64 obl _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 70 det _ _ 69 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 66 nmod _ _ 71 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 73 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 acl:relcl _ _ 74 to to PART TO _ 75 mark _ _ 75 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the fairy | | | a country | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | | 2 | **touch** | past | a country | | | one point | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **have** | past | the fairy *not said here* | the lovely Princess | | Aveline's care | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **make up** | past · perfect | the fairy *not said here* | princess's mind | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mind=Pivot | | 5 | **marry** | to-infinitive | the fairy *not said here* | princess | | | | to the young king | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to king=Co-Patient | | 6 | **improve** | could · passive | | king's awkward manners | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **is** | past | the young king | | | | | than most of the young men; nice *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | past | spite | the young men *not said here* | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **meet** | to-infinitive | spite *not said here* | | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **care** | | Aveline | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **mind** | | princess | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **spite** | | | king's awkward manners | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/16/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)