--- title: Then she went on to tell Petru that she was the daughter of an emper… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she went on to tell Petru that she was the daughter of an emperor, and their nearest neighbour was the Fairy of the Dawn, with whom she had a violent quarrel, and with that she broke out into loud abuse of her. Who acts: many, nearest neighbour. 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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 (many, nearest neighbour), 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:pg641:21:56 # text = Then she went on to tell Petru that she was the daughter of an emperor, and their nearest neighbour was the Fairy of the Dawn, with whom she had a violent quarrel, and with that she broke out into loud abuse of her. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 Petru Petru PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 ccomp _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 20 amod _ _ 20 neighbour neighbour NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Dawn Dawn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 3 obl _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 violent violent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 quarrel quarrel NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 40 obl _ _ 39 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 41 out out ADP RP _ 40 compound:prt _ _ 42 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 abuse abuse NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go on** | past | many | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | many *not said here* | | Petru | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent petru=Recipient | | 3 | **is a** | past | many | the daughter | | | | of a emperor | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | past | daughters's nearest neighbour | the Fairy | | | of the Dawn | | tree rules | | 5 | **have** | past | many | a violent quarrel | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quarrel=Patient | | 6 | **break out** | past | many | | | | | into loud abuse of Fairy *result*; with that | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with that=Instrument into abuse=Result | | 7 | **abuse** | | | Fairy | | | | | nom abuse «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 55](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/55/) - next →: [sentence 57](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/57/) - ↑ back to [The Fairy of the Dawn, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/21/)