--- title: To be sure, a fan seems rather an odd possession for a goose girl, b… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To be sure, a fan seems rather an odd possession for a goose girl, but the princess did not think of that, and she forgot all her troubles when, on opening the fan to use it as a parasol, out tumbled a letter from her lover. Who acts: fan, princess. 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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 (fan, princess), 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:pg5615:31:12 # text = To be sure, a fan seems rather an odd possession for a goose girl, but the princess did not think of that, and she forgot all her troubles when, on opening the fan to use it as a parasol, out tumbled a letter from her lover. 1 To to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 2 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 3 cop _ _ 3 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 seems seem VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 8 rather rather ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 odd odd ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 goose goose NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 22 advmod _ _ 22 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 all all ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 troubles trouble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 on on SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 35 opening open VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 fan fan NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 xcomp _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 as as ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 parasol parasol NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 out out ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 tumbled tumble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ _ 49 from from ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 lover lover NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **seem** | present | a fan | a odd possession | | | | for a goose girl | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme possession=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | past · do-support | the princess | | | | | of that | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **forget** | past | princess | princess's troubles | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **open** | gerund | princess *not said here* | the fan | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **use** | to-infinitive | princess *not said here* | fan | | | | as a parasol | vn spend\_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Duration as parasol=Attribute | | 7 | **tumble** | past | princess *not said here* | a letter | | princess's lover | | out *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient letter=Extent from lover=Initial\_State | | 8 | **trouble** | | princess | | | | | | nom trouble «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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/13/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/31/)