--- title: The Fairy smiled at Sylvia’s unfeigned disgust at her late experienc… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Fairy smiled at Sylvia’s unfeigned disgust at her late experience; but after allowing her a little time to recover she sent her to the Court of the Princess Cynthia, where she left her for three months. Who acts: Fairy, Sylvia. 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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, Sylvia), 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:pg7277:10:30 # text = The Fairy smiled at Sylvia’s unfeigned disgust at her late experience; but after allowing her a little time to recover she sent her to the Court of the Princess Cynthia, where she left her for three months. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 smiled smile VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 Sylvia Sylvia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ’s 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 unfeigned unfeigned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 disgust disgust NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 15 after after SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 16 allowing allow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 24 advcl _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 recover recover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 advcl _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 Cynthia Cynthia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 for for ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 40 nummod _ _ 40 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smile** | past | the Fairy | | | Sylvia's unfeigned disgust | | at Fairy's late experience | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **allow** | gerund | Fairy *not said here* | | Fairy | | time | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 3 | **recover** | to-infinitive | Fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **send** | past | Fairy | Sylvia | | the Court of the Princess Cynthia | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to court=Destination | | 5 | **leave** | past | Fairy | Sylvia | | | month | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **disgust** | | Sylvia | | | | | | nom disgust «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **experience** | | Fairy | | | | | | nom experience «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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/31/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)