--- title: Up to this time Aveline had been able to put a stop to many of Grima… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Up to this time Aveline had been able to put a stop to many of Grimace’s spiteful tricks, and to keep guard over Minon-Minette, but she had no power over anything that happened at a distance; and when the princess declared her intention of putting herself at the head of her army, and began to train --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/96/) [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/) / 96 # The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 30, sentence 96 Up to this time Aveline had been able to put a stop to many of Grimace’s spiteful tricks, and to keep guard over Minon-Minette, but she had no power over anything that happened at a distance; and when the princess declared her intention of putting herself at the head of her army, and began to train herself to bear fatigue by hunting daily, the fairy entreated her to be careful never to cross the borders of her dominions without Aveline to protect her. **Who acts:** Aveline, princess, intention, fairy, Grimace · **What happens:** be, put, keep, have, happen, declare · **To what, where:** stop, guard, Minon, power, anything, intention 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 (Aveline, princess, intention, fairy), 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:pg5615:30:96 # text = Up to this time Aveline had been able to put a stop to many of Grimace’s spiteful tricks, and to keep guard over Minon-Minette, but she had no power over anything that happened at a distance; and when the princess declared her intention of putting herself at the head of her army, and began to train herself to bear fatigue by hunting daily, the fairy entreated her to be careful never to cross the borders of her dominions without Aveline to protect her. 1 Up up ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 Aveline Aveline PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 8 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 obl _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 Grimace Grimace PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 spiteful spiteful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 tricks trick NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 24 guard guard NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 over over ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 Minon Minon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 Minette Minette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 over over ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 32 obl _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 acl:relcl _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ; ; PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 44 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 intention intention NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 50 of of SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 51 putting put VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 49 acl _ _ 52 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 51 obj _ _ 53 at at ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 parataxis _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 train train VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 64 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 63 obj _ _ 65 to to PART TO _ 66 mark _ _ 66 bear bear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 xcomp _ _ 67 fatigue fatigue NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 68 by by SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 69 hunting hunt VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 66 advcl _ _ 70 daily daily ADV RB _ 69 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 73 det _ _ 73 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ _ 74 entreated entreat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 conj _ _ 75 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 obj _ _ 76 to to PART TO _ 78 mark _ _ 77 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 78 cop _ _ 78 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 ccomp _ _ 79 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 81 advmod _ _ 80 to to PART TO _ 81 mark _ _ 81 cross cross VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 78 parataxis _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 borders border NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 obj _ _ 84 of of ADP IN _ 86 case _ _ 85 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 86 nmod:poss _ _ 86 dominions dominion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 83 nmod _ _ 87 without without ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 88 Aveline Aveline PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 obl _ _ 89 to to PART TO _ 90 mark _ _ 90 protect protect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 81 advcl _ _ 91 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 90 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past · perfect | Aveline | | | | time | able *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **put** | to-infinitive | Aveline *not said here* | a stop | | | | to many of Grimace's spiteful tricks | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent stop=Goal | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Aveline *not said here* | guard | | Minon and Minette | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent guard=Theme over minon=Location | | 4 | **have** | past | Aveline | no power | | anything | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | | 5 | **happen** | past | | | | | | at a distance | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at distance=Location | | 6 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | the princess | Aveline's intention | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Attribute | | 7 | **put** | gerund | Aveline's intention *not said here* | Aveline | | the head of Aveline's army | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent herself=Theme at head=Destination | | 8 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 9 | **train** | to-infinitive | | Aveline | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme clause=Attribute | | 10 | **bear** | to-infinitive | Aveline *not said here* | fatigue | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fatigue=Patient | | 11 | **hunt** | gerund | Aveline *not said here* | | | | | daily *property* | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **entreat** | past | the fairy | | Aveline | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 13 | **is** | to-infinitive | the fairy *not said here* | | | | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 14 | **not** **cross** | to-infinitive | | the borders of Aveline's dominions | | | | without Aveline | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent border=Patient | | 15 | **protect** | to-infinitive | | | Aveline | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 16 | **trick** | | Grimace | | | | | | nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 17 | **intend** | | Aveline | | | | | | nom intention «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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/97/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/30/)