--- title: You may be sure that the good Fairy Genesta had something to do with… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: You may be sure that the good Fairy Genesta had something to do with this marvellous cure, and she also put it into the Prince’s head to rub the boat itself with the same magic herbs, which cleared it entirely, and not before it was time, for, at the rate at which it was growing before, it would ver --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/69/) [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/) / [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/) / 69 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 69 You may be sure that the good Fairy Genesta had something to do with this marvellous cure, and she also put it into the Prince’s head to rub the boat itself with the same magic herbs, which cleared it entirely, and not before it was time, for, at the rate at which it was growing before, it would very soon have become a forest! **Who acts:** You, good Fairy Genesta, Mannikin, same magic herbs, boat · **What happens:** be, have, do, put, rub, clear · **To what, where:** something, cure, head, boat, rate, forest This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, good Fairy Genesta, Mannikin, same magic herbs), 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:pg7277:14:69 # text = You may be sure that the good Fairy Genesta had something to do with this marvellous cure, and she also put it into the Prince’s head to rub the boat itself with the same magic herbs, which cleared it entirely, and not before it was time, for, at the rate at which it was growing before, it would very soon have become a forest! 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 sure sure ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 7 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 8 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Genesta Genesta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 11 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 det _ _ 16 marvellous marvellous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 also also ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 into into ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 rub rub VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 boat boat NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 32 nmod:unmarked _ _ 34 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 magic magic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 herbs herb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 cleared clear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 46 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 47 before before ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 50 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 54 at at ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 rate rate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 57 at at ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 61 obl _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj _ _ 60 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 growing grow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 56 parataxis _ _ 62 before before ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nsubj _ _ 65 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 66 very very ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 67 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 69 advmod _ _ 68 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 72 ! ! PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | may | You | | | | | sure *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | the good Fairy Genesta | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 3 | **do** | to-infinitive | the good Fairy Genesta *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | with this marvellous cure | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **put** | past | Mannikin | cure | | the Prince's head | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal | | 5 | **rub** | to-infinitive | Mannikin *not said here* | the boat boat | | | | with the same magic herbs | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent boat=Destination with herb=Theme | | 6 | **clear** | past | the same magic herbs | boat | | | | entirely *property* | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source | | 7 | **not** **is** | past | boat | | | | before time | | tree rules | | 8 | **grow** | past · progressive | boat | | | the rate | | before *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at which=Location | | 9 | **become** | would · perfect | boat | a forest | | | | soon *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | 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 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/68/) - next →: [sentence 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/70/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)