--- title: And, indeed, she does need it terribly, for all the things in her th… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And, indeed, she does need it terribly, for all the things in her that were tolerable, and even agreeable, when she was so pretty, seem quite different now she is ugly, and it is so long since she thought of using her mind or her natural cleverness, that I really don’t think she has any left now. 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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 (Sylvia, that, things, 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:pg7277:10:17 # text = And, indeed, she does need it terribly, for all the things in her that were tolerable, and even agreeable, when she was so pretty, seem quite different now she is ugly, and it is so long since she thought of using her mind or her natural cleverness, that I really don’t think she has any left now. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 terribly terribly ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 14 det:predet _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 17 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 tolerable tolerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 even even ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 29 advmod _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 28 so so ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 29 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 seem seem VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 32 quite quite ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 xcomp _ _ 34 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 37 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 42 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 44 since since SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 advcl _ _ 47 of of SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 46 advcl _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 51 or or CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 52 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 53 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 cleverness cleverness NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 57 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 58 really really ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 59 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 60 n’t not PART RB Polarity=Neg 61 advmod _ _ 61 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 conj _ _ 62 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 63 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 aux _ _ 64 any any ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 61 ccomp _ _ 66 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 65 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present · do-support | Sylvia | beauty | | | | indeed, terribly *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | that | | | | | tolerable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | that *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | past | Sylvia | | | | | pretty *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **seem** | present | all things | | | | | different *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | present | Sylvia | | | | | ugly *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | present | beauty | | | | | long *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Sylvia | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **use** | gerund | Sylvia *not said here* | Sylvia's mind or Sylvia's natural cleverness | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | | 10 | **not** **think** *speech: other* | present · do-support | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **leave** | present · perfect | Sylvia | | | | now | any *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **mind** | | Sylvia | | | | | | nom mind «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 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/18/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)