--- title: Out of pure spite she was sent in the heat of the day to look after… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Out of pure spite she was sent in the heat of the day to look after the geese, and would most likely have got a sunstroke if she had not happened to pick up in the fields a large fan, with which she sheltered her face. Who acts: princess, day. 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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 (princess, day), 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:pg5615:31:11 # text = Out of pure spite she was sent in the heat of the day to look after the geese, and would most likely have got a sunstroke if she had not happened to pick up in the fields a large fan, with which she sheltered her face. 1 Out out ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 pure pure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 heat heat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 16 after after ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 geese goose NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 22 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 23 advmod _ _ 23 likely likely ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 24 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 got get VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 conj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sunstroke sunstroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 pick pick VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 up up ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 fields field NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 46 obl _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 sheltered shelter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past · passive | | princess | | pure spite | | in the heat of the day | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in heat=Destination | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | | | | | after the geese | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **get** | would · perfect | | a sunstroke | | | | likely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sunstroke=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **happen** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | princess | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | | | the fields a large fan | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **shelter** | past | princess | princess's face | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent face=Theme with which=Location | | 7 | **heat** | | the day | | | | | | nom heat «phenomenon intransitive»: of=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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/12/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)