--- title: But she had only been there a very little time before a wandering bu… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But she had only been there a very little time before a wandering butterfly brought a message from her to the Fairy, begging that she might be sent for as soon as possible, and before very long she was allowed to return. Who acts: Fairy, wandering butterfly. 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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, wandering butterfly), 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:pg7277:10:22 # text = But she had only been there a very little time before a wandering butterfly brought a message from her to the Fairy, begging that she might be sent for as soon as possible, and before very long she was allowed to return. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 cop _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 very very ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 11 before before SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 wandering wonder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 amod _ _ 14 butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 15 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 begging beg VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 27 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 28 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 29 aux:pass _ _ 29 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 ccomp _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 as as ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 29 advmod _ _ 33 as as SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 possible possible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 before before SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 38 very very ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 42 advmod _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 42 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Fairy | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | participle | | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **wonder** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **bring** | past | a wandering butterfly | a message | the Fairy | | | from Fairy | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to fairy=Destination from she=Initial\_Location | | 5 | **beg** *speech: request* | gerund | a wandering butterfly *not said here* | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **send** | might · passive | | Fairy | | | | soon *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **allow** | past · passive | | Fairy | | | | long *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/23/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)