--- title: But unfortunately, in spite of all her care, he grew so vain and fri… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But unfortunately, in spite of all her care, he grew so vain and frivolous that he quitted his peaceful country life in disgust, and rushed eagerly after all the foolish gaieties of the neighbouring town, where his handsome face and charming manners speedily made him popular. 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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 (Featherhead, handsome face, 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:pg7277:12:15 # text = But unfortunately, in spite of all her care, he grew so vain and frivolous that he quitted his peaceful country life in disgust, and rushed eagerly after all the foolish gaieties of the neighbouring town, where his handsome face and charming manners speedily made him popular. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 unfortunately unfortunately ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 9 det:predet _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 11 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 xcomp _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 frivolous frivolous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 conj _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 quitted quitt VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 21 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ _ 23 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 disgust disgust NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 29 eagerly eagerly ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 after after ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 34 det:predet _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 gaieties gaiety NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 neighbouring neighbour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 38 amod _ _ 38 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 48 advmod _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 42 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 face face NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 45 charming charming NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 manners manners NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 43 conj _ _ 47 speedily speedily ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 49 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 popular popular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | Featherhead | | | spite of Fairy's care | | unfortunately, vain *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in spite=Location | | 2 | **quitt** | past | Featherhead | Featherhead's peaceful country life | | disgust | | | tree rules | | 3 | **rush** | past | Featherhead *not said here* | | | | after all foolish gaieties of the neighbouring town | eagerly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **neighbour** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | past | Featherhead's handsome face and charming manners | Featherhead | | | | popular, speedily *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product | | 6 | **spite** | | | Fairy's care | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **care** | | Fairy | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: 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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/16/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)