--- title: However, the Fairy had a great wish to know how the other princesses… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, the Fairy had a great wish to know how the other princesses who had grown up and left her, were prospering, and before the time came for Sylvia to go herself, she resolved to send her to some of them. Who acts: Fairy. 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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), 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:pg7277:10:6 # text = However, the Fairy had a great wish to know how the other princesses who had grown up and left her, were prospering, and before the time came for Sylvia to go herself, she resolved to send her to some of them. 1 However however ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 11 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 17 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 grown grow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 ccomp _ _ 18 up up ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 prospering prosper VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 before before ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Sylvia Sylvia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ _ 35 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 resolved resolve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 send send VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Fairy | a great wish | | | | however *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wish=Patient | | 2 | **know** | to-infinitive | the Fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **grow up** | past · perfect · passive | | the other princesses | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **leave** | past | the Fairy *not said here* | Fairy | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **prosper** | past · progressive | the Fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **come** | past | the Fairy *not said here* | | | | time | for Sylvia | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **go** | to-infinitive | the Fairy *not said here* | Fairy | | | | | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location herself=Theme | | 8 | **resolve** | past | Fairy | | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **send** | to-infinitive | Fairy *not said here* | Fairy | | some | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to some=Destination | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/7/) - ↑ back to [Fairy Gifts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/10/)