--- title: But her curiosity still continued to torment her, and after restrain… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But her curiosity still continued to torment her, and after restraining it with a great effort for a couple of days, she began questioning her husband again, as to what had happened, and how he had managed. Who acts: curiosity, fortune. 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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 (curiosity, fortune), 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:pg7277:49:34 # text = But her curiosity still continued to torment her, and after restraining it with a great effort for a couple of days, she began questioning her husband again, as to what had happened, and how he had managed. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 curiosity curiosity NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 still still ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 torment torment VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 11 after after SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 restraining restrain VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 effort effort NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 18 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 26 questioning question VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 25 xcomp _ _ 27 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 again again ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 as as SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 31 fixed _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 35 nsubj _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 25 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 38 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 41 advmod _ _ 39 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **continue** | past | fortune's curiosity | | | | still | | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **torment** | to-infinitive | fortune's curiosity *not said here* | fortune | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer | | 3 | **restrain** | gerund | fortune *not said here* | splendour | | | | with a great effort for a couple of days | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer it=Eventuality | | 4 | **begin** | past | fortune | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 5 | **question** *speech: other* | gerund | fortune *not said here* | | fortune's husband | | again | | vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Recipient | | 6 | **happen** | past · perfect | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **manage** | past · perfect | curiosity | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/35/) - ↑ back to [The Golden Lads](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/49/)