--- title: She had hardly smelt it for an instant when she declared herself to… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She had hardly smelt it for an instant when she declared herself to be perfectly restored; but whether that was due to the scent of the wood or to the fact that as soon as she touched it out fell a perfect shower of magnificent jewels, I leave you to decide. Who acts: Queen, that, fact, I. 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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 (Queen, that, fact, I), 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:pg7277:11:135 # text = She had hardly smelt it for an instant when she declared herself to be perfectly restored; but whether that was due to the scent of the wood or to the fact that as soon as she touched it out fell a perfect shower of magnificent jewels, I leave you to decide. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 hardly hardly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 smelt smelt VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 instant instant NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 11 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 15 perfectly perfectly ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 19 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 20 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 25 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 22 due due ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 25 case _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 22 fixed _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 scent scent NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 advcl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wood wood NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 34 as as ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 36 as as SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 touched touch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 shower shower NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 magnificent magnificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 49 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 50 leave leave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **smelt** | past | Queen | remedy | | | | for a instant; hardly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | Queen | Queen | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Attribute | | 3 | **restore** | to-infinitive · passive | Queen *not said here* | | | | | perfectly *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)» | | 4 | **is** | past | that | | | | | due the scent; of the wood or the fact | tree rules | | 5 | **touch out** | past | Queen | remedy | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | | 6 | **fall** | past | the fact *not said here* | a perfect shower of magnificent jewels | | | | soon *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient shower=Result | | 7 | **leave** | present | I | you | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 8 | **decide** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 134](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/134/) - next →: [sentence 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/136/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)