--- title: Fiordelisa hid herself behind a marble pillar, and very soon saw Tur… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Fiordelisa hid herself behind a marble pillar, and very soon saw Turritella make her appearance, richly dressed, but as ugly as ever, and with her came the King, more handsome and splendid even than Fiordelisa had remembered him. Who acts: Fiordelisa, Turritella. 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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 (Fiordelisa, Turritella), 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:pg7277:4:100 # text = Fiordelisa hid herself behind a marble pillar, and very soon saw Turritella make her appearance, richly dressed, but as ugly as ever, and with her came the King, more handsome and splendid even than Fiordelisa had remembered him. 1 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hid hide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 2 obj _ _ 4 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 marble marble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 pillar pillar NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 10 very very ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 12 advmod _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 13 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 ccomp _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 richly richly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 as as ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 ugly ugly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 conj _ _ 24 as as ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 35 handsome handsome ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 ccomp _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 conj _ _ 38 even even ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 than than SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 40 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 43 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | past | Fiordelisa | Turritella | | a marble pillar | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent herself=Patient behind pillar=Location | | 2 | **see** | past | | | | | | soon *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **make** | infinitive | Turritella | Turritella's appearance | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent appearance=Product | | 4 | **dress** | participle | Turritella *not said here* | | | | | richly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **come** | past | | | | | | with Turritella | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **remember** | past · perfect | Fiordelisa | King | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme | 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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/101/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)