--- title: While Rosimond was seeking to give back the ring to the Fairy, Brami… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: While Rosimond was seeking to give back the ring to the Fairy, Bramintho, who had failed to learn any lessons from experience, gave way to all his desires, and tried to persuade the Prince, lately become King, to ill-treat Rosimond. Who acts: Rosimond, Bramintho. 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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 (Rosimond, Bramintho), 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:pg7277:19:94 # text = While Rosimond was seeking to give back the ring to the Fairy, Bramintho, who had failed to learn any lessons from experience, gave way to all his desires, and tried to persuade the Prince, lately become King, to ill-treat Rosimond. 1 While while SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 Rosimond Rosimond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 seeking seek VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 ring ring NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 Bramintho Bramintho PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 failed fail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 parataxis _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 22 det _ _ 22 lessons lesson NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 experience experience NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 conj _ _ 27 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 desires desire NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 persuade persuade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 lately lately ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 42 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 44 to to SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 45 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 treat treat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 48 Rosimond Rosimond PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **seek** | past · progressive | Rosimond | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Rosimond *not said here* | the ring Bramintho | the Fairy | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent ring=Theme to fairy=Recipient | | 3 | **fail** | past · perfect | Bramintho | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **not** **learn** | to-infinitive | Bramintho *not said here* | any lessons | | experience | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic from experience=Source | | 5 | **give** | past | Bramintho *not said here* | way | Rosimond's desires | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Theme to desire=Recipient | | 6 | **try** | past | Bramintho *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **persuade** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Bramintho *not said here* | the Prince | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient | | 8 | **become** | infinitive | Bramintho *not said here* | | | | | lately *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **treat** | to-infinitive | Bramintho *not said here* | | Rosimond | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent rosimond=Recipient | | 10 | **desire** | | Rosimond | | | | | | nom desire «feeling transitive»: 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/95/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Ring](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/19/)