--- title: If it had not been for the little Princess there is no saying what w… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: If it had not been for the little Princess there is no saying what would have become of him, he was so miserable, but there she was to be brought up, and luckily the good Fairy Lolotte, in spite of all that had passed, was willing to come and take charge of her, and of her little cousin Prince Vivie --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/7/) [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/) / [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/) / 7 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 7 If it had not been for the little Princess there is no saying what would have become of him, he was so miserable, but there she was to be brought up, and luckily the good Fairy Lolotte, in spite of all that had passed, was willing to come and take charge of her, and of her little cousin Prince Vivien, who was an orphan and had been placed under the care of his uncle, King Gridelin, when he was quite a baby. **Who acts:** despair, Fairy, spite, little cousin, uncle · **What happens:** not be, be, say, become, bring up, pass · **To what, where:** Queen, charge, orphan, care, baby · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (despair, Fairy, spite, little cousin), 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:pg7277:36:7 # text = If it had not been for the little Princess there is no saying what would have become of him, he was so miserable, but there she was to be brought up, and luckily the good Fairy Lolotte, in spite of all that had passed, was willing to come and take charge of her, and of her little cousin Prince Vivien, who was an orphan and had been placed under the care of his uncle, King Gridelin, when he was quite a baby. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 cop _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 advcl _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 ccomp _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 17 xcomp _ _ 15 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux _ _ 17 become become VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 ccomp _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 so so ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 miserable miserable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 32 expl _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 31 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 conj _ _ 33 up up ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 luckily luckily ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 40 Lolotte Lolotte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 46 det:predet _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 48 obl _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 43 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 willing willing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 parataxis _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 56 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 64 nmod:poss _ _ 63 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 parataxis _ _ 65 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 appos _ _ 66 Vivien Vivien PROPN NNP Number=Sing 65 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 71 nsubj _ _ 69 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 cop _ _ 70 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 orphan orphan NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ _ 72 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 73 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 aux _ _ 74 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 75 aux:pass _ _ 75 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 71 conj _ _ 76 under under ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 obl _ _ 79 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 80 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 78 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 83 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 appos _ _ 84 Gridelin Gridelin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 83 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 85 , , PUNCT , _ 91 punct _ _ 86 when when SCONJ WRB _ 91 mark _ _ 87 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 91 nsubj _ _ 88 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 91 cop _ _ 89 quite quite DET PDT PronType=Ind 91 det:predet _ _ 90 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 91 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | despair | | | | | for the little Princess | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **become** | would · perfect | | | | | | of Fairy | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **is** | past | Fairy | | | | | the good Fairy *obl*; miserable *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **bring up** | past · passive | | Queen | | there | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 7 | **pass** | past · perfect | | | | | | of spite | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of that=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **is** | past | spite | | | | | willing *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **come** | to-infinitive | spite *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 10 | **take** | infinitive | spite *not said here* | charge of Queen | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Theme | | 11 | **is a** | past | Queen's little cousin and a orphan and quite baby | a orphan and quite baby | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | Queen's little cousin and a orphan and quite baby *not said here* | | | the care of Fairy's uncle | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: under care=Destination | | 13 | **is a** | past | Fairy | quite baby | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **charge** | | | Queen | | | | | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient | | 15 | **care** | | Fairy's uncle | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/8/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)