--- title: She made her plans with all the secrecy she could, but when great ar… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She made her plans with all the secrecy she could, but when great armies are collected people are apt to suspect a storm is brewing, and of course it is very difficult to keep anything hidden from fairy godmothers. Who acts: Aveline, collected people, storm. 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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 (Aveline, collected people, storm), 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:pg5615:30:94 # text = She made her plans with all the secrecy she could, but when great armies are collected people are apt to suspect a storm is brewing, and of course it is very difficult to keep anything hidden from fairy godmothers. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 plans plan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 secrecy secrecy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 13 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ _ 14 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 amod _ _ 18 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nsubj _ _ 19 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 apt apt ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 suspect suspect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 csubj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 storm storm NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 25 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 brewing brew VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 29 of of SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 30 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 fixed _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 expl _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 csubj _ _ 37 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 36 obj _ _ 38 hidden hidden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 xcomp _ _ 39 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 fairy fairy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 godmothers godmother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Aveline | Aveline's plans | | | | with all secrecy | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Product | | 2 | **collect** | present · passive | | great armies | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **is** | present | collected people | | | | | apt *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **suspect** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **brew** | present · progressive | a storm | | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | | | difficult *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | anything | | | | hidden *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme | | 8 | **plan** | | Aveline | | | | | | nom plan «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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/95/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)