--- title: However, the good Fairy of the Beech-Woods did not want her to be st… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, the good Fairy of the Beech-Woods did not want her to be starved, so she sent her an unlooked for relief in the shape of a beautiful white cow, which followed her back to the tiny house. Who acts: good Fairy, dame, beautiful white cow. 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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 (good Fairy, dame, beautiful white cow), 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:pg7277:12:151 # text = However, the good Fairy of the Beech-Woods did not want her to be starved, so she sent her an unlooked for relief in the shape of a beautiful white cow, which followed her back to the tiny house. 1 However however ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 Beech Beech PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 9 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 Woods Woods PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 11 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 want want VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 starved starve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 unlooked unlooked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 xcomp _ _ 25 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 relief relief NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 27 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 shape shape NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 32 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 33 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 cow cow NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 37 followed follow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **want** | past · do-support | the good Fairy of the Beech Woods | dame | | | | however *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **starve** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | dame *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | past | dame | Fairy | | | | for relief in the shape of a beautiful white cow; unlooked *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **follow** | past | a beautiful white cow | dame | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 150](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/150/) - next →: [sentence 152](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/152/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)