--- title: Nothing did me any good, and at last I was reduced to drawing water… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Nothing did me any good, and at last I was reduced to drawing water for the dyeing of the wools, and even over that I was so slow that this morning the Giant flew into a rage and changed me into a gazelle. Who acts: Nothing, I, Giant. 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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 (Nothing, I, Giant), 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:pg7277:38:85 # text = Nothing did me any good, and at last I was reduced to drawing water for the dyeing of the wools, and even over that I was so slow that this morning the Giant flew into a rage and changed me into a gazelle. 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 5 det _ _ 5 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 obl _ _ 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 13 to to SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 advcl _ _ 15 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 dyeing dyeing NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 wools wool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 24 even even ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 25 over over SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 27 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 so so ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 32 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 Giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 nsubj _ _ 36 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 advcl _ _ 37 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rage rage NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 gazelle gazelle NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | Nothing | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **reduce** | past · passive | | I | | last | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **draw** | gerund | | water | | | | for the dyeing of the wools | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent water=Result for dyeing=Beneficiary | | 4 | **is** | past | I | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **fly** | past | the Giant | | | | morning | into a rage *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into rage=Result | | 6 | **change** | past | the Giant *not said here* | me | | | | into a gazelle *result* | vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent i=Patient into gazelle=Result | | 7 | **dye** | | | the wools | | | | | nom dyeing «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/86/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)