--- title: The old Fairy was not at all pleased with the way he had been going… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The old Fairy was not at all pleased with the way he had been going on for some time, but her heart was so soft towards him that she was unwilling to take him away from the pleasures he loved, except by offering him something better, which is not the most effectual mode of correction, though it is w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/49/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Ce…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/) / 49 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 49 The old Fairy was not at all pleased with the way he had been going on for some time, but her heart was so soft towards him that she was unwilling to take him away from the pleasures he loved, except by offering him something better, which is not the most effectual mode of correction, though it is without doubt the most agreeable. **Who acts:** old Fairy, Featherhead, heart, Fairy · **What happens:** not be, go on, be, unwill, take away, love · **To what, where:** all, way, Featherhead, pleasures, something, effectual mode This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (old Fairy, Featherhead, heart, 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:pg7277:12:49 # text = The old Fairy was not at all pleased with the way he had been going on for some time, but her heart was so soft towards him that she was unwilling to take him away from the pleasures he loved, except by offering him something better, which is not the most effectual mode of correction, though it is without doubt the most agreeable. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 8 obl _ _ 8 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux _ _ 15 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 16 on on ADP RP _ 15 compound:prt _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 19 det _ _ 19 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 22 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 cop _ _ 25 so so ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 26 soft soft ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ _ 27 towards towards ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obl _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 unwilling unwill VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 xcomp _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 away away ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 pleasures pleasure NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 40 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 41 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 43 except except ADP IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 by by SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 45 offering offer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 46 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obj _ _ 47 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 45 obj _ _ 48 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 50 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 56 nsubj _ _ 51 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 56 advmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 55 advmod _ _ 55 effectual effectual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 mode mode NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 appos _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 correction correction NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 though though SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 61 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 63 without without ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 doubt doubt NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 67 advmod _ _ 67 agreeable agreeable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 68 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | the old Fairy | | | all | | with the way; pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **go on** | past · perfect · progressive | Featherhead | the way *not said here* | | | time | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Fairy's heart | | | | | towards Featherhead; soft *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **unwill** | past · progressive | Fairy | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **take away** | to-infinitive | Fairy *not said here* | Featherhead | | the pleasures | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme from pleasure=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **love** | past | Featherhead | the pleasures *not said here* | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pleasure=Stimulus | | 7 | **offer** | gerund | Fairy *not said here* | something | Featherhead | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal something=Theme | | 8 | **not** **is a** | present | | the effectual mode | | | | of correction | tree rules | | 9 | **is** | present | heart | | | | | without doubt | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/50/) - ↑ back to [Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/12/)