--- title: First of all I had to make it, for it was all in confusion, and then… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: First of all I had to make it, for it was all in confusion, and then I had to make one for the Fairy, and tuck her in, and draw the curtains round her, beside rendering her a dozen little services which I was not at all accustomed to. Who acts: I, task. 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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 (I, task), 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:pg7277:38:8 # text = First of all I had to make it, for it was all in confusion, and then I had to make one for the Fairy, and tuck her in, and draw the curtains round her, beside rendering her a dozen little services which I was not at all accustomed to. 1 First first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 advmod _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 1 obl _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 13 all all ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ _ 19 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 22 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 tuck tuck VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP RP _ 29 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 draw draw VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 curtains curtain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 37 round round ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 beside beside ADP IN _ 41 mark _ _ 41 rendering render VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 46 nummod _ _ 45 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 53 obj _ _ 48 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 53 advmod _ _ 51 at at SCONJ IN _ 53 mark _ _ 52 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 53 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 acl:relcl _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 53 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | I | | | | | first *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | task | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | | 3 | **is** | past | task | | | | | for confusion; all *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **have** | past | I | | | | then | | tree rules | | 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | one | | | | for the Fairy | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent one=Product for fairy=Beneficiary | | 6 | **tuck in** | infinitive | | | unicorn | | | | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent she=Destination | | 7 | **draw** | infinitive | | the curtains | | | | round unicorn | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=Theme | | 8 | **render** | gerund | | dozen little services | unicorn | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient service=Theme | | 9 | **not** **accustom** | past · passive | | I | | | | | tree rules | 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 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/7/) - next →: [sentence 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/9/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)