--- title: As soon as she saw her, Fiordelisa, with great presence of mind, has… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as she saw her, Fiordelisa, with great presence of mind, hastily shut her little window, that the Blue Bird might have time to escape, and then turned to meet the Queen, who overwhelmed her with a torrent of reproaches. Who acts: Queen, Blue Bird. 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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 (Queen, Blue Bird), 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:pg7277:3:97 # text = As soon as she saw her, Fiordelisa, with great presence of mind, hastily shut her little window, that the Blue Bird might have time to escape, and then turned to meet the Queen, who overwhelmed her with a torrent of reproaches. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 with with ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 17 shut shut ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 Bird bird NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 28 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 34 advmod _ _ 34 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 overwhelmed overwhelm VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 torrent torrent NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 reproaches reproach NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | past | Queen | voice | | | | with great presence of mind; Fiordelisa *obl*; soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | might | the Blue Bird | | | | time | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **escape** | to-infinitive | the Blue Bird *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **turn** | past | Queen *not said here* | | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | the Queen | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Co-Agent | | 6 | **overwhelm** | past | the Queen | Queen | | | | with a torrent of reproaches | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/98/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)