--- title: But Grannonia, who in one and the same moment saw herself merry and… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But Grannonia, who in one and the same moment saw herself merry and sad, cheerful and despairing, rich and beggared, complained bitterly over this robbery of her happiness, this poisoning of her cup of joy, this unlucky stroke of fortune, and laid all the blame on her parents, though they assured he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/42/) [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/) / [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/) / 42 # The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Snake, sentence 42 But Grannonia, who in one and the same moment saw herself merry and sad, cheerful and despairing, rich and beggared, complained bitterly over this robbery of her happiness, this poisoning of her cup of joy, this unlucky stroke of fortune, and laid all the blame on her parents, though they assured her that they had meant no harm. **Who acts:** same moment, Grannonia, eyes · **What happens:** see, despair, beggar, complain, lay, assure · **To what, where:** Grannonia, robbery, blame, harm, happiness, cup This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Snake. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (same moment, Grannonia, eyes), 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:pg7277:25:42 # text = But Grannonia, who in one and the same moment saw herself merry and sad, cheerful and despairing, rich and beggared, complained bitterly over this robbery of her happiness, this poisoning of her cup of joy, this unlucky stroke of fortune, and laid all the blame on her parents, though they assured her that they had meant no harm. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 2 Grannonia Grannonia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 appos _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 11 obj _ _ 13 merry merry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 cheerful cheerful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 despairing despair VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 conj _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 beggared beggar VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 25 complained complain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 26 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 over over ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 robbery robbery NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 poisoning poisoning NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 cup cup NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 43 unlucky unlucky ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 stroke stroke NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 fortune fortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 50 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 52 det:predet _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 blame blame NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 on on ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 57 though though SCONJ IN _ 59 mark _ _ 58 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 nsubj _ _ 59 assured assure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 conj _ _ 60 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 59 iobj _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 64 mark _ _ 62 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 63 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 64 meant mean VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 59 ccomp _ _ 65 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 66 det _ _ 66 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | the same moment | Grannonia | | | | merry *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus | | 2 | **despair** | gerund | the same moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **beggar** | participle | the same moment *not said here* | | | | | | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **complain** *speech: other* | participle | Grannonia | | | this robbery of Grannonia's happiness and this poisoning of Grannonia's cup of joy and this unlucky stroke of fortune | | bitterly *property* | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **lay** | past | | all blame | | | | on Grannonia's parents | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blame=Theme on parent=Destination | | 6 | **assure** | past | eyes *= eye* | | Grannonia | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **mean** | past · perfect | eyes *= eye* | no harm | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Topic | | 8 | **rob** | | | Grannonia's happiness and this poisoning of Grannonia's cup of joy and this unlucky stroke of fortune | | | | | nom robbery «act transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **poison** | | | Grannonia's cup of joy | | | | | nom poisoning «state transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **stroke** | | | fortune | | | | | nom stroke «act transitive»: of=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 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/41/) - next →: [sentence 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/43/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Snake](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/25/)