--- title: In her desire to please everyone she ceased to be sincere, and degen… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In her desire to please everyone she ceased to be sincere, and degenerated into a mere coquette; and even her lovers felt that the charms and fascinations which were exercised upon all who approached her without distinction were valueless, so that in the end they ceased to care for them, and went aw --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/38/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/) / 38 # The Green Fairy Book, Fairy Gifts, sentence 38 In her desire to please everyone she ceased to be sincere, and degenerated into a mere coquette; and even her lovers felt that the charms and fascinations which were exercised upon all who approached her without distinction were valueless, so that in the end they ceased to care for them, and went away disdainfully.’ **Who acts:** lovers, Cynthia, charms · **What happens:** please, cease, be, degenerate, feel, exercise · **To what, where:** everyone, mere coquette, charms, Cynthia, end This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Fairy Gifts. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (lovers, Cynthia, charms), 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:pg7277:10:38 # text = In her desire to please everyone she ceased to be sincere, and degenerated into a mere coquette; and even her lovers felt that the charms and fascinations which were exercised upon all who approached her without distinction were valueless, so that in the end they ceased to care for them, and went away disdainfully.’ 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 please please VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 6 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 obj _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 acl:relcl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 cop _ _ 11 sincere sincere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 degenerated degenerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 15 into into ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 coquette coquette NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 21 even even ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 lovers lover NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 felt feel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 charms charm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 fascinations fascination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 exercised exercise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ _ 33 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 32 obl _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 without without ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 distinction distinction NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 valueless valueless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 43 so so SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 50 to to PART TO _ 51 mark _ _ 51 care care VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 xcomp _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 57 away away ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 58 disdainfully disdainfully ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **please** | to-infinitive | Cynthia's lovers *not said here* | everyone | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus everyone=Experiencer | | 2 | **cease** | past | Cynthia | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 3 | **is** | to-infinitive | Cynthia *not said here* | | | | | sincere *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **degenerate** | participle | Cynthia *not said here* | | | a mere coquette | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **feel** | past | Cynthia's lovers | | | | | in Cynthia's desire | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in desire=Attribute | | 6 | **exercise** | past · passive | | the charms and fascinations | | | | upon all | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **approach** | past | the charms and fascinations | Cynthia | | | | without distinction | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | the charms and fascinations | | | | | valueless *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **cease** | past | charms *= charm* | | | | in the end | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 10 | **care** | to-infinitive | charms *= charm* *not said here* | | | | | for charms *= charm* | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for they=Theme | | 11 | **go away** | past | charms *= charm* *not said here* | | | | | away, disdainfully *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **desire** | | Cynthia | | | | | | nom desire «feeling 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 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/37/) - next →: [sentence 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/39/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)