--- title: In vain did Farda-Kinbras and Birbantine beg her to return, and ende… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: In vain did Farda-Kinbras and Birbantine beg her to return, and endeavour by their humble apologies to pacify her; she never so much as looked at them, and was very soon out of sight, leaving them a prey to all kinds of dismal forebodings. Who acts: Farda, sight, humble apologies. 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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 (Farda, sight, humble apologies), 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:pg7277:15:64 # text = In vain did Farda-Kinbras and Birbantine beg her to return, and endeavour by their humble apologies to pacify her; she never so much as looked at them, and was very soon out of sight, leaving them a prey to all kinds of dismal forebodings. 1 In in ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ 3 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Farda Farda PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Kinbras Kinbras PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 flat _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 Birbantine Birbantine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 9 beg beg VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 endeavour endeavour NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 humble humble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 apologies apology NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 nmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 pacify pacify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 csubj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 25 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 26 so so ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 29 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 advcl _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 39 advmod _ _ 37 out out ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 leaving leave VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 39 acl _ _ 42 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 prey prey NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 45 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 47 kinds kind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 dismal dismal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 forebodings foreboding NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | | | vain | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **beg** *speech: request* | present | Farda and Birbantine | | Birbantine | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 3 | **return** | to-infinitive | Farda and Birbantine *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **pacify** | to-infinitive | | Birbantine | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 5 | **look** | participle | | | | | | at sparks *= spark* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at they=Theme | | 6 | **is** | past | | | | sight | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **leave** | gerund | sight *not said here* | sparks *= spark* | | | | to all kinds of dismal forebodings | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Theme prey=Attribute | | 8 | **endeavour** | | sparks's humble apologies | | | | | | nom endeavour «act intransitive»: by=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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/65/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)