--- title: ‘It is true that she speaks well, and her expressions are well chose… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘It is true that she speaks well, and her expressions are well chosen; but then she never leaves off talking, and though at first one may be amused, one ends by being wearied to death. Who acts: gift, woman, one. 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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 (gift, woman, one), 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:pg7277:10:27 # text = ‘It is true that she speaks well, and her expressions are well chosen; but then she never leaves off talking, and though at first one may be amused, one ends by being wearied to death. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 speaks speak VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 expressions expression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 15 advmod _ _ 15 chosen choose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 21 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 22 off off ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 talking talk VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 21 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 though though ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 29 advmod _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 amused amuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nsubj _ _ 35 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 36 by by SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 wearied weary VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | gift | | | | | true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **speak** *speech: other* | present | woman | | | | | well *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **choose** | present · passive | | woman's expressions | | | | well *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **not** **leave off** | present | woman | | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **talk** | gerund | woman *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **amuse** | may · passive | | one | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **end** | present | one | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **weary** | gerund · passive | one *not said here* | | | | | to death | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/28/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)