--- title: ‘It would have been quite bad enough to be shut up in this gloomy to… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘It would have been quite bad enough to be shut up in this gloomy tower before I had ever seen King Charming,’ she said; ‘but now when he is here, and they are all enjoying themselves with him, it is too unkind.’ Who acts: fear, I, Fiordelisa, King. 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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 (fear, I, Fiordelisa, King), 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:pg7277:2:53 # text = ‘It would have been quite bad enough to be shut up in this gloomy tower before I had ever seen King Charming,’ she said; ‘but now when he is here, and they are all enjoying themselves with him, it is too unkind.’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 4 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 7 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 cop _ _ 6 quite quite ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 enough enough ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 12 up up ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 15 gloomy gloomy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 17 before before SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 18 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 21 advmod _ _ 21 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 22 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod:desc _ _ 23 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 21 punct _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 but but CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 31 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 35 advmod _ _ 32 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 35 advmod _ _ 33 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 34 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 35 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 40 all all ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 enjoying enjoy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ _ 42 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 46 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 47 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 49 cop _ _ 48 too too ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 unkind unkind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would · perfect | fear | | | | | bad, enough *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **shut up** | to-infinitive · passive | fear *not said here* | | | this gloomy tower | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP» | | 3 | **see** | past · perfect | I | Charming King | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer charming=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Fiordelisa | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **is** | present | King | | | | now | here *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **enjoy** | present · progressive | reports *= report* | reports *= report* | | | | with King; all *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer themselves=Stimulus | | 7 | **is** | present | fear | | | | | unkind *property* | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/54/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)