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title: When the unhappy Fiordelisa recovered, and remembered all she had ju… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: When the unhappy Fiordelisa recovered, and remembered all she had just heard, she began to cry bitterly, believing that King Charming was lost to her for ever, and all night long she sat at her open window sighing and lamenting; but when it was dawn she crept away into the darkest corner of her litt
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# The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 2, sentence 42

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When the unhappy Fiordelisa recovered, and remembered all she had just heard, she began to cry bitterly, believing that King Charming was lost to her for ever, and all night long she sat at her open window sighing and lamenting; but when it was dawn she crept away into the darkest corner of her little room and sat there, too unhappy to care about anything.

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**Who acts:** unhappy Fiordelisa, Fiordelisa, pleasure · **What happens:** recover, remember, hear, begin, cry, believe · **To what, where:** all, King, Fiordelisa, open window, dawn, darkest corner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (unhappy Fiordelisa, Fiordelisa, pleasure), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg7277:3:42
# text = When the unhappy Fiordelisa recovered, and remembered all she had just heard, she began to cry bitterly, believing that King Charming was lost to her for ever, and all night long she sat at her open window sighing and lamenting; but when it was dawn she crept away into the darkest corner of her little room and sat there, too unhappy to care about anything.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	recovered	recover	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	remembered	remember	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	obj	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	heard	hear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	began	begin	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	cry	cry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	bitterly	bitterly	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	believing	believe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
23	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	_
24	Charming	Charming	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	flat	_	_
25	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	ccomp	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obl	_	_
29	for	for	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
33	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	34	det	_	_
34	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl:unmarked	_	_
35	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	37	advmod	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
38	at	at	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
40	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
42	sighing	sigh	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	37	advcl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	lamenting	lament	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
46	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
47	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	50	advmod	_	_
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	dawn	dawn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
51	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	crept	creep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	acl:relcl	_	_
53	away	away	ADV	RB	_	52	advmod	_	_
54	into	into	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
56	darkest	dark	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	57	amod	_	_
57	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	52	obl	_	_
58	of	of	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
59	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
60	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	nmod	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	sat	sit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
64	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	63	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	too	too	ADV	RB	_	67	advmod	_	_
67	unhappy	unhappy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	conj	_	_
68	to	to	PART	TO	_	69	mark	_	_
69	care	care	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	xcomp	_	_
70	about	about	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	69	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **recover** | past | the unhappy Fiordelisa |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **remember** | past | the unhappy Fiordelisa *not said here* | all |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent all=Theme |
| 3 | **hear** | past · perfect | Fiordelisa |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **begin** | past | Fiordelisa |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 5 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | Fiordelisa *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bitterly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **believe** | gerund | Fiordelisa *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 7 | **lose** | past · passive |  | King | Fiordelisa |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 8 | **sit** | past | Fiordelisa |  |  | Fiordelisa's open window |  | long *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at window=Location |
| 9 | **sigh** | gerund | Fiordelisa *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **lament** | gerund | Fiordelisa *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 11 | **is a** | past | pleasure | dawn |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 12 | **creep away** | past | Fiordelisa | dawn *not said here* |  | the darkest corner of Fiordelisa's little room |  | away *property* | tree rules |
| 13 | **sit** | past | pleasure *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 14 | **be** |  | pleasure *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 15 | **care** | to-infinitive | pleasure *not said here* |  |  |  |  | about anything | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about anything=Stimulus |

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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.

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**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.

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