--- title: But she was not really in earnest, for her curiosity never left her… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But she was not really in earnest, for her curiosity never left her a moment’s peace by day or night, and she teazed and worried her husband to such a pitch, that at length he quite lost patience and blurted out that it all came from a wonderful golden fish which he had caught and set free again. 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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 (wife, earnest, curiosity, peace), 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:pg7277:49:27 # text = But she was not really in earnest, for her curiosity never left her a moment’s peace by day or night, and she teazed and worried her husband to such a pitch, that at length he quite lost patience and blurted out that it all came from a wonderful golden fish which he had caught and set free again. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 5 really really ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 earnest earn ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 12 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 13 advmod _ _ 13 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 peace peace NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obj _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 teazed teaz VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 parataxis _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 worried worry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 34 det:predet _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 pitch pitch NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 compound _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 quite quite ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 blurted blurt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ _ 45 out out ADP RP _ 44 compound:prt _ _ 46 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 49 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 advcl _ _ 50 from from ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 52 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 53 golden golden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 fish fish NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 55 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj:pass _ _ 57 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 58 aux _ _ 58 caught catch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 parataxis _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 set set VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 conj _ _ 61 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 xcomp _ _ 62 again again ADV RB _ 60 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | past | wife | | | | | earn *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **leave** | past | earnest | wife | | | day | | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Theme peace=Attribute | | 3 | **teaz** | past | wife | length patience | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **worry** | past | wife *not said here* | wife's husband | | | | to such pitch | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus husband=Experiencer | | 5 | **lose** | past | curiosity | that length *not said here* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent length=Eventuality | | 6 | **blurt out** *speech: other* | participle | wife *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **come** | past | peace | | | | | from a wonderful golden fish | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from fish=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **catch** | past · perfect · passive | | a wonderful golden fish | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 9 | **set** | infinitive | | | | | again | free *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 10 | **pacify** | | a moment | | | | | | nom peace «state transitive»: 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/28/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)