--- title: The fairy told Serpentine that she was quite satisfied with her cond… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The fairy told Serpentine that she was quite satisfied with her conduct, and made herself very agreeable to Saphir, whom she presented to the lady she had brought with her, explaining that the lady was no other than his Aunt Aglantine, widow of Diamantino. Who acts: fairy, Serpentine, lady. 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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 (fairy, Serpentine, lady), 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:pg640:12:45 # text = The fairy told Serpentine that she was quite satisfied with her conduct, and made herself very agreeable to Saphir, whom she presented to the lady she had brought with her, explaining that the lady was no other than his Aunt Aglantine, widow of Diamantino. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Serpentine Serpentine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 8 quite quite ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 satisfied satisfied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 ccomp _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obj _ _ 17 very very ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 xcomp _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Saphir Saphir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 22 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 obj _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 explaining explain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 ccomp _ _ 41 than than ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 Aunt Aunt PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 Aglantine Aglantine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 46 widow widow NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 appos _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 Diamantino Diamantino PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the fairy | | Serpentine | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent serpentine=Recipient | | 2 | **is** | past | Serpentine | | | | | with Serpentine's conduct; satisfied *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past | | Serpentine | | | | agreeable *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset herself=Product | | 4 | **present** | past | Serpentine | | the lady | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent whom=Theme to lady=Recipient | | 5 | **bring** | past · perfect | Serpentine | the lady *not said here* | | | | with Saphir | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument lady=Destination | | 6 | **explain** *speech: assert* | gerund | Serpentine *not said here* | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | the lady | | | | | than hand's Aunt; other *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **conduct** | | Serpentine | | | | | | nom conduct «act 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/46/) - ↑ back to [The Donkey Cabbage, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/12/)