--- title: As they would not tell her, she went on farther, and presently asked… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As they would not tell her, she went on farther, and presently asked again, and this time the people answered that to-morrow she might see the King driving through the streets with the Princess Turritella, as it was said that at last he had consented to marry her. Who acts: eyes, hair, people, King. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/95/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/) / 95 # The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 3, sentence 95 As they would not tell her, she went on farther, and presently asked again, and this time the people answered that to-morrow she might see the King driving through the streets with the Princess Turritella, as it was said that at last he had consented to marry her. **Who acts:** eyes, hair, people, King · **What happens:** not tell, go, ask, answer, see, drive · **To what, where:** hair, farther, that, King, streets, morrow · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eyes, hair, people, King), 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:pg7277:4:95 # text = As they would not tell her, she went on farther, and presently asked again, and this time the people answered that to-morrow she might see the King driving through the streets with the Princess Turritella, as it was said that at last he had consented to marry her. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 farther far ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 presently presently ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 16 again again ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj _ _ 23 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 24 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 driving drive VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 32 acl _ _ 34 through through ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 streets street NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 37 with with ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 43 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 aux:pass _ _ 45 said say VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 ccomp _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 47 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 49 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 50 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 51 consented consent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 45 ccomp _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 51 xcomp _ _ 54 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **tell** *speech: assert* | would | eyes *= eye* | | hair | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 2 | **go** | past | hair | | | farther | | | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on far=Location | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | hair *not said here* | | | | again | presently *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the people | that | | | time | | tree rules | | 5 | **see** | might | hair | the King | | | | to morrow | tree rules | | 6 | **drive** | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | the streets with the Princess Turritella | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through street=Trajectory | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past · passive | | morrow | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **consent** | past · perfect | King | | | last | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 9 | **marry** | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | hair | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/94/) - next →: [sentence 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/96/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)