--- title: She is not your sister at all, but the daughter of the king of a nei… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She is not your sister at all, but the daughter of the king of a neighbouring country, who was given to your mother to bring up, to save her from the hands of a wizard.’ Who acts: godmother. 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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 (godmother), 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:pg641:12:130 # text = She is not your sister at all, but the daughter of the king of a neighbouring country, who was given to your mother to bring up, to save her from the hands of a wizard.’ 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 but but CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 18 amod _ _ 18 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 conj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 28 up up ADP RP _ 27 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 wizard wizard NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 40 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is a** | present | godmother | your sister but the daughter of the king of a neighbouring country | | all | | | tree rules | | 2 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past · passive | | a neighbouring country | your mother | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to mother=Recipient | | 4 | **bring up** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **save** | to-infinitive | | godmother | | the hands of a wizard | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent she=Theme from hand=Source | 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 129](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/129/) - next →: [sentence 131](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/131/) - ↑ back to [The Child Who Came From an Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/)