--- title: He very soon found out that in addition to her natural indolence, sh… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He very soon found out that in addition to her natural indolence, she was being as much indulged and spoilt day by day as if the Fairy had been her grandmother, and was obliged to remonstrate very seriously upon the subject. Who acts: Vivien, Fairy. 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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 (Vivien, Fairy), 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:pg7277:36:17 # text = He very soon found out that in addition to her natural indolence, she was being as much indulged and spoilt day by day as if the Fairy had been her grandmother, and was obliged to remonstrate very seriously upon the subject. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 very very ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ 4 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 addition addition NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 11 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 indolence indolence NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 14 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 17 as as ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 much much ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 indulged indulge VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 spoilt spoil VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 22 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 23 by by ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 26 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 32 cop _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 grandmother grandmother NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 remonstrate remonstrate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 very very ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 seriously seriously ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 41 upon upon ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | participle | Vivien | | | | | soon *property* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | past · passive | | Placida | | addition to Placida's natural indolence | | indulge *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **spoil** | participle | | | | | day | | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **is a** | past · perfect | the Fairy | Placida's grandmother | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **oblige** | past · passive | Vivien *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 6 | **remonstrate** | to-infinitive | Vivien *not said here* | | | | | upon the subject; seriously *property* | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/18/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)