--- title: ‘But the wonderful tree is still with us, after all,’ they thought,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘But the wonderful tree is still with us, after all,’ they thought, ‘and although we cannot break any fruit from it, everyone will stop and look at it, and will come to us and praise it; who knows whether _we_ may not reap a harvest from it?’ Who acts: wonderful tree, sisters, we, everyone. 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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 (wonderful tree, sisters, we, everyone), 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:pg7277:40:116 # text = ‘But the wonderful tree is still with us, after all,’ they thought, ‘and although we cannot break any fruit from it, everyone will stop and look at it, and will come to us and praise it; who knows whether _we_ may not reap a harvest from it?’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 still still ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 after after ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’ ' SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 ‘ ‘ PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 although although SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 22 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 ccomp _ _ 25 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 26 det _ _ 26 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 27 from from ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 35 at at ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 praise praise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj _ _ 48 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 conj _ _ 49 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 55 mark _ _ 50 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 51 punct _ _ 53 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 55 advmod _ _ 55 reap reap VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 ccomp _ _ 56 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 57 harvest harvest NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 58 from from ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the wonderful tree | | | | after all; still | with us | tree rules | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | sisters *= sister* | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **break** | can | we | any fruit | | | | from tree | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient from it=Co-Patient | | 4 | **stop** | future | everyone | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **look** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | | | | | at tree | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme | | 6 | **come** | future | everyone *not said here* | | us | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to we=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **praise** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | tree | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 8 | **know** | present | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **not** **reap** | may | we | a harvest | | tree | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent harvest=Theme from it=Initial\_Location | 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 115](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/115/) - next →: [sentence 117](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/117/) - ↑ back to [Little One-eye, Little Two-eyes, and Little Three-eyes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/40/)