--- title: Above all things she loves any assembly for settling the affairs of… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Above all things she loves any assembly for settling the affairs of her kingdom, for on those occasions she can talk and talk without fear of interruption; but, even then, the moment it is over she is ready to begin again about anything or nothing, as the case may be. Who acts: woman, it, moment. 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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 (woman, it, moment), 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:pg7277:10:28 # text = Above all things she loves any assembly for settling the affairs of her kingdom, for on those occasions she can talk and talk without fear of interruption; but, even then, the moment it is over she is ready to begin again about anything or nothing, as the case may be. 1 Above above ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 loves love VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 7 det _ _ 7 assembly assembly NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 9 settling settle VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 19 det _ _ 19 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 19 acl:relcl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 talk talk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 25 without without ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 fear fear NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 interruption interruption NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 ; ; PUNCT : _ 55 punct _ _ 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 even even ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 55 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 39 over over SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 41 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 42 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 acl:relcl _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 begin begin VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ _ 45 again again ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 about about ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 44 obl _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 54 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 be be VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **love** | present | woman | any assembly | | all things | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer assembly=Stimulus | | 2 | **settle** | gerund | woman *not said here* | the affairs of woman's kingdom | | | | for that occasions | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme affair=Location | | 3 | **talk** | can | woman | that occasions *not said here* | | | | | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent occasion=Patient | | 4 | **talk** | infinitive | woman *not said here* | | | | | without fear of interruption | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | it | the moment *not said here* | | | | ready *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **begin** | to-infinitive | | | | | again | about anything; as the case | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 7 | **be** | may | the moment | | | | then | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **fear** | | | interruption | | | | | nom fear «feeling 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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/29/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)