--- title: Saradine willingly consented to this arrangement, and the old Fairy’… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Saradine willingly consented to this arrangement, and the old Fairy’s first care was to smooth away all the difficulties which surrounded the Princess, and lead her by the mossy path overhung with trees to the bower of the King and Queen, who still pursued their peaceful life in the valley. 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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 (Saradine, first care, King, old 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:pg7277:12:35 # text = Saradine willingly consented to this arrangement, and the old Fairy’s first care was to smooth away all the difficulties which surrounded the Princess, and lead her by the mossy path overhung with trees to the bower of the King and Queen, who still pursued their peaceful life in the valley. 1 Saradine Saradine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 willingly willingly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 consented consent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 arrangement arrangement NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ’s 's PART POS _ 11 case _ _ 13 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 14 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 smooth smooth VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 difficulties difficulty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 acl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 lead lead VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 mossy mossy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 path path NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 34 overhung overhang VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 trees tree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl:agent _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 bower bower NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 47 still still ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 peaceful peaceful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 valley valley NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consent** | past | Saradine | | | | | to this arrangement; willingly *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to arrangement=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | the old Fairy's first care | | | | | away, smooth *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **surround** | participle · passive | | all difficulties | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **lead** | infinitive | the old Fairy's first care *not said here* | Princess | | | | by the mossy path | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme by path=Destination | | 5 | **overhang** | participle | | the mossy path *not said here* | | | | to the bower of the King and Queen | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **pursue** | past | the King and Queen | King's peaceful life | | the valley | still | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent life=Theme in valley=Trajectory | | 7 | **care** | | the old 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/36/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)