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title: Lolotte was forced to go away to a general assembly of the Fairies,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: Lolotte was forced to go away to a general assembly of the Fairies, and she came back in great dismay, telling me that her indulgence to me had cost her dear, for she had been severely reprimanded and ordered to hand me over to the Fairy Mirlifiche, who was already taking charge of you, and who had 
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# The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 2, sentence 70

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Lolotte was forced to go away to a general assembly of the Fairies, and she came back in great dismay, telling me that her indulgence to me had cost her dear, for she had been severely reprimanded and ordered to hand me over to the Fairy Mirlifiche, who was already taking charge of you, and who had been much commended for her management of you.’

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**Who acts:** Lolotte, indulgence, Fairy Mirlifiche · **What happens:** force, go away, come back, tell, cost, reprimand · **To what, where:** Lolotte, general assembly, great dismay, me, indulgence, Fairy Mirlifiche · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, 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 (Lolotte, indulgence, Fairy Mirlifiche), 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:pg7277:37:70
# text = Lolotte was forced to go away to a general assembly of the Fairies, and she came back in great dismay, telling me that her indulgence to me had cost her dear, for she had been severely reprimanded and ordered to hand me over to the Fairy Mirlifiche, who was already taking charge of you, and who had been much commended for her management of you.’
1	Lolotte	Lolotte	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	forced	force	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Fairies	Fairy	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	back	back	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	dismay	dismay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
24	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	iobj	_	_
25	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
26	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	indulgence	indulgence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nsubj	_	_
28	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	27	nmod	_	_
30	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	cost	cost	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	ccomp	_	_
32	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
35	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
36	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux	_	_
38	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	aux:pass	_	_
39	severely	severely	ADV	RB	_	40	advmod	_	_
40	reprimanded	reprimand	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	conj	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	ordered	order	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	40	conj	_	_
43	to	to	PART	TO	_	44	mark	_	_
44	hand	hand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	42	xcomp	_	_
45	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	44	obj	_	_
46	over	over	ADP	RP	_	44	compound:prt	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	compound	_	_
50	Mirlifiche	Mirlifiche	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	55	nsubj	_	_
53	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	cop	_	_
54	already	already	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
55	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	50	conj	_	_
56	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	65	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	65	cc	_	_
61	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	65	nsubj:pass	_	_
62	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	65	aux	_	_
63	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	65	aux:pass	_	_
64	much	much	ADV	RB	_	65	advmod	_	_
65	commended	commend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
66	for	for	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	68	nmod:poss	_	_
68	management	management	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	_
69	of	of	ADP	IN	_	70	case	_	_
70	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	68	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **force** | past · passive |  | Lolotte |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go away** | to-infinitive | Lolotte *not said here* |  |  | a general assembly of the Fairies |  | away *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to assembly=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **come back** | past | Lolotte |  |  | great dismay |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dismay=Location |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | Lolotte *not said here* |  | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 5 | **cost** | past · perfect | Lolotte's indulgence to me |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **reprimand** | past · perfect · passive |  | indulgence |  |  |  | severely *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **order** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 8 | **hand over** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | me | the Fairy Mirlifiche |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to mirlifiche=Destination |
| 9 | **is** | past | the Fairy Mirlifiche |  |  |  |  | take *property* | tree rules |
| 10 | **commend** | past · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  | for Lolotte's management of you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for management=Attribute |
| 11 | **charge** |  |  | you |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 12 | **manage** |  | Lolotte | you |  |  |  |  | nom management «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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