--- title: Her nurse, who was dumb, took care of her, and the necessaries of li… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her nurse, who was dumb, took care of her, and the necessaries of life were conveyed to her through a little window in the wall, while guards were always pacing to and fro outside, with orders to cut off the head of anyone who tried to approach, which they would certainly have done without thinking --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/10/) [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/) / [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Pote…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/) / 10 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 10 Her nurse, who was dumb, took care of her, and the necessaries of life were conveyed to her through a little window in the wall, while guards were always pacing to and fro outside, with orders to cut off the head of anyone who tried to approach, which they would certainly have done without thinking twice about it. **Who acts:** nurse, guards, Queen · **What happens:** be, take, convey, pace, fro, cut off · **To what, where:** care, necessaries, Queen, little window, head This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nurse, guards, Queen), 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:pg7277:11:10 # text = Her nurse, who was dumb, took care of her, and the necessaries of life were conveyed to her through a little window in the wall, while guards were always pacing to and fro outside, with orders to cut off the head of anyone who tried to approach, which they would certainly have done without thinking twice about it. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 dumb dumb ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 necessaries necessary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 conveyed convey VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obl _ _ 22 through through ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wall wall NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 while while SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 31 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 32 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 33 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 34 advmod _ _ 34 pacing pace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 34 obl _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 fro fro VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 conj _ _ 38 outside outside ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 cut cut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 acl _ _ 44 off off ADP RP _ 43 compound:prt _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 46 nmod _ _ 49 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 50 nsubj _ _ 50 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 acl:relcl _ _ 51 to to PART TO _ 52 mark _ _ 52 approach approach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 59 obj _ _ 55 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 56 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 57 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 59 advmod _ _ 58 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 59 aux _ _ 59 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 52 parataxis _ _ 60 without without SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 61 thinking think VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 59 advcl _ _ 62 twice twice ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 61 advmod _ _ 63 about about ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 65 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Queen's nurse | | | | | dumb *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | Queen's nurse | care of Queen | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 3 | **convey** | past · passive | | the necessaries of life | Queen | a little window in the wall | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to she=Recipient | | 4 | **pace** | past · progressive | guards | | | | | always *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fro** | infinitive | guards *not said here* | | | | | with orders; outside *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **cut off** | to-infinitive | guards *not said here* | the head of anyone | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | | 7 | **try** | past | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **approach** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **do** | would · perfect | guards *= guard* | | | | | certainly *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 10 | **think** *speech: other* | gerund | guards *= guard* *not said here* | | | | | about wall; twice *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | | 11 | **care** | | Queen | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/11/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)