--- title: I did all I could,’ continued Saradine, ‘to make her think better of… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: I did all I could,’ continued Saradine, ‘to make her think better of it, but in vain; so after going through the usual ceremony for taking back my gifts, I’m come to you for a little peace and quietness. Who acts: I, all, Saradine, usual ceremony. 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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 (I, all, Saradine, usual ceremony), 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:pg7277:12:26 # text = I did all I could,’ continued Saradine, ‘to make her think better of it, but in vain; so after going through the usual ceremony for taking back my gifts, I’m come to you for a little peace and quietness. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 nsubj _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 8 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 9 Saradine Saradine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 15 ccomp _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 25 after after SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 26 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 advcl _ _ 27 through through ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 usual usual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 taking take VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 acl _ _ 33 back back ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 35 gifts gift NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 37 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ’m 'm AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 42 for for ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 44 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 quietness quietness NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | I | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **continue** | past | all | Saradine | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent saradine=Theme | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | | Saradine | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | infinitive | Saradine *not said here* | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **go** | gerund | I *not said here* | | | the usual ceremony | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme through ceremony=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **take back** | gerund | the usual ceremony *not said here* | my gifts | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gift=Theme | | 7 | **come** | | I | | you | | | for a little peace and quietness | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to you=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **gift** | | my | | | | | | nom gift «possession transitive»: 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/27/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)