--- title: In this they did very well for him, for the Fairy was as kind as she… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In this they did very well for him, for the Fairy was as kind as she was powerful, and she spared no pains in teaching the little Prince everything it was good for him to know, and even imparted to him some of her own Fairy lore. Who acts: parents, Fairy, care, Prince. 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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 (parents, Fairy, care, Prince), 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:pg7277:11:17 # text = In this they did very well for him, for the Fairy was as kind as she was powerful, and she spared no pains in teaching the little Prince everything it was good for him to know, and even imparted to him some of her own Fairy lore. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ 3 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 as as ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 16 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 19 powerful powerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 spared spare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 26 in in SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 27 teaching teach VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 23 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 29 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 30 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 27 obj _ _ 32 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 cop _ _ 34 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 42 imparted impart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 conj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ _ 45 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 42 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 47 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 48 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ _ 50 lore lore NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | parents *= parent* | | | this | | for Prince; well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past | the Fairy | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Fairy | | | | | powerful *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **spare** | past | Fairy | no pains | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent pain=Asset | | 5 | **teach** *speech: other* | gerund | Fairy *not said here* | everything | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | care | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **know** | to-infinitive | Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **impart** | past | the Fairy *not said here* | some | Prince | | | | tree rules | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/18/) - ↑ back to [Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/11/)