--- title: But now the time was come for Sylvia to receive her gift, and all he… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But now the time was come for Sylvia to receive her gift, and all her companions were assembled; the Fairy stood in the midst and in the usual manner asked what she would take with her into the great world. 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:pg7277:10:47 # text = But now the time was come for Sylvia to receive her gift, and all her companions were assembled; the Fairy stood in the midst and in the usual manner asked what she would take with her into the great world. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 come come VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 parataxis _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Sylvia Sylvia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 17 det:predet _ _ 16 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 companions companion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 assembled assemble VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 parataxis _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 32 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 36 obj _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 ccomp _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 world world NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 19 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past · passive | | the time | | | now | for Sylvia | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **receive** | to-infinitive | | Sylvia's gift | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 3 | **assemble** | past · passive | | Sylvia's companions | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **stand** | past | the Fairy | | | the midst | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in midst=Location | | 5 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Fairy *not said here* | | | the usual manner | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **take** | would | Fairy | | | the great world | | with Sylvia | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent what=Theme into world=Destination | | 7 | **gift** | | Sylvia | | | | | | nom gift «possession 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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/48/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)