--- title: But now the Fairies who had been watching all these proceedings with… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But now the Fairies who had been watching all these proceedings with interest, thought it was time to interfere, and ascertain by further trials if this improvement was likely to continue, and if they really loved one another. Who acts: Fairies, watching, cousin, improvement. 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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 (Fairies, watching, cousin, improvement), 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:pg7277:38:96 # text = But now the Fairies who had been watching all these proceedings with interest, thought it was time to interfere, and ascertain by further trials if this improvement was likely to continue, and if they really loved one another. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 2 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 aux _ _ 8 watching watch VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 csubj _ _ 9 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 11 det:predet _ _ 10 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 11 proceedings proceedings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 obj _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 15 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 18 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 ccomp _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 interfere interfere VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 ascertain ascertain VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 24 by by ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 trials trial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 29 improvement improvement NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 advcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 really really ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 loved love VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 40 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 obj _ _ 41 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 40 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **watch** | past · perfect · progressive | the Fairies | all proceedings | | | now | with interest | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proceedings=Theme | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | watching | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | cousin | time | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **interfere** | to-infinitive | watching *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **ascertain** | present | | | | | | by further trials | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | this improvement | | | | | likely *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **continue** | to-infinitive | this improvement *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **love** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Fairies *= fairy* | one | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | 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 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/97/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)