--- title: But, unfortunately, while I was still with her she became seriously… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But, unfortunately, while I was still with her she became seriously ill, and though she presently recovered, her beauty is entirely gone, so that she hates the very sight of herself, and is in despair. Who acts: I, Sylvia, beauty. 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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 (I, Sylvia, beauty), 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:pg7277:10:15 # text = But, unfortunately, while I was still with her she became seriously ill, and though she presently recovered, her beauty is entirely gone, so that she hates the very sight of herself, and is in despair. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 unfortunately unfortunately ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 5 while while SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 6 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 still still ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 conj _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 17 though though SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 presently presently ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 hates hate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 despair despair NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | I *not said here* | | | | still | with Sylvia | tree rules | | 2 | **become** | past | I | | | | | ill, unfortunately *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **recover** | past | Sylvia | | | | | presently *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | present | Sylvia's beauty | | | | | entirely, go *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **hate** | present | Sylvia | the sight of Sylvia | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | present | | | | despair | | | tree rules | | 7 | **sight** | | | Sylvia | | | | | nom sight «cognition 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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/16/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)