--- title: To make matters worse, word was brought to him that the Fairies aske… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: To make matters worse, word was brought to him that the Fairies asked on the first page had already arrived and were waiting impatiently in the Great Hall, and grumbling that nobody was there to receive them. Who acts: Fairies, nobody. 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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 (Fairies, nobody), 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:pg7277:14:6 # text = To make matters worse, word was brought to him that the Fairies asked on the first page had already arrived and were waiting impatiently in the Great Hall, and grumbling that nobody was there to receive them. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Fairies Fairy PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 advcl _ _ 15 on on SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 18 amod _ _ 18 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 already already ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 ccomp _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 25 impatiently impatiently ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 Hall Hall PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 grumbling grumble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 36 nsubj _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 36 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 32 ccomp _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 receive receive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ _ 39 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | to-infinitive | | matters | | | | bad *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset matter=Product | | 2 | **bring** | past · passive | | word | son | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to he=Destination | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Fairies | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **arrive** | past · perfect · passive | | the first page | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **wait** | past · progressive | | | | the Great Hall | | impatiently *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location | | 6 | **grumble** *speech: other* | gerund | | | | | | | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | past | nobody | | | | | there *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **receive** | to-infinitive | nobody *not said here* | Fairies *= fairy* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/7/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)