--- title: Then she sat down on a stone, desired the young man to come near, an… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she sat down on a stone, desired the young man to come near, and, giving him an affectionate kiss, she said, ‘My long-hoped-for deliverer, kind heaven has led you to me, and has at length put an end to all my sufferings. Who acts: Quick, my. 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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 (Quick, my), 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:pg7277:45:46 # text = Then she sat down on a stone, desired the young man to come near, and, giving him an affectionate kiss, she said, ‘My long-hoped-for deliverer, kind heaven has led you to me, and has at length put an end to all my sufferings. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 desired desire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 young young ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 15 near near ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 giving give VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 26 ccomp _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 iobj _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 affectionate affectionate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 kiss kiss NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 30 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 30 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 32 hoped hoped ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 deliverer deliverer NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 heaven heaven NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 39 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 led lead VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 41 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 47 at at ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 49 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 parataxis _ _ 50 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 53 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 55 det:predet _ _ 54 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 sufferings suffering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | past | Quick | | | a stone | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on stone=Location | | 2 | **desire** | past | Quick *not said here* | the young man | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot man=Theme | | 3 | **come** | to-infinitive | Quick *not said here* | | | | | near *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | gerund | | a affectionate kiss | man | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient kiss=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Quick | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **lead** | present · perfect · passive | | My long hoped deliverer and kind heaven | me | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **have** | present | Quick *not said here* | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **put** | past | | a end | | length | | to my sufferings | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent end=Theme at length=Destination | | 9 | **suffer** | | my | | | | | | nom suffering «state intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/47/) - ↑ back to [The Crystal Coffin](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/45/)