--- title: ‘After you had gone away,’ said she, ‘they tried to make me learn ho… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘After you had gone away,’ said she, ‘they tried to make me learn how to govern the kingdom, which wearied me to death, so that I begged and prayed Lolotte to take me away with her, and this she presently did, but very reluctantly. Who acts: you, Placida, adventures, me. 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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 (you, Placida, adventures, me), 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:pg7277:37:67 # text = ‘After you had gone away,’ said she, ‘they tried to make me learn how to govern the kingdom, which wearied me to death, so that I begged and prayed Lolotte to take me away with her, and this she presently did, but very reluctantly. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 After after SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 advcl _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 9 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 tried try VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 21 mark _ _ 21 govern govern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 26 wearied weary VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 27 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 31 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 34 mark _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 begged beg VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 conj _ _ 37 Lolotte Lolotte PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 away away ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 46 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 nsubj _ _ 47 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 presently presently ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ _ 49 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 very very ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 reluctantly reluctantly ADV RB _ 49 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go away** | past · perfect | you | | | | | away *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Placida | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **try** | past | adventures *= adventure* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | adventures *= adventure* *not said here* | me | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **learn** *not said to happen* | infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **govern** | to-infinitive | | the kingdom | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 7 | **weary** | past | the kingdom | me | | | | to death | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus i=Experiencer | | 8 | **beg** *speech: request* | past | I | | | | | | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **pray** | past | I *not said here* | Lolotte | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **take away** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | me | | | | with Placida; away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 11 | **do** | past | this | | | | | presently, reluctantly *property* | vn act-114-1 «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 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/66/) - next →: [sentence 68](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/68/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/37/)