--- title: As they grew older it became evident that though they were all remar… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As they grew older it became evident that though they were all remarkably intelligent, and profited equally by the education they received, yet they differed one from another in disposition, so much so that they gradually ceased to be known as ‘Pearl,’ or ‘Primrose,’ or whatever might have been thei --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/121/) [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 Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/) / 121 # The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Watch, sentence 121 As they grew older it became evident that though they were all remarkably intelligent, and profited equally by the education they received, yet they differed one from another in disposition, so much so that they gradually ceased to be known as ‘Pearl,’ or ‘Primrose,’ or whatever might have been their colour, and the Queen instead would say: **Who acts:** charms, rose, whatever, Queen · **What happens:** grow, become, be, profit, receive, differ · **To what, where:** education, one, another, colour · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Watch. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (charms, rose, whatever, Queen), 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:pg7277:8:121 # text = As they grew older it became evident that though they were all remarkably intelligent, and profited equally by the education they received, yet they differed one from another in disposition, so much so that they gradually ceased to be known as ‘Pearl,’ or ‘Primrose,’ or whatever might have been their colour, and the Queen instead would say: 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 4 older old ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 xcomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 evident evident ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 9 though though SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 12 all all ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 13 remarkably remarkably ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 intelligent intelligent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 profited profit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 18 equally equally ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 education education NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 yet yet CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 differed differ VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 parataxis _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 27 obj _ _ 29 from from ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 27 obl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 disposition disposition NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 34 so so ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 much much ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 36 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 40 mark _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 36 fixed _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 40 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 41 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 Pearl Pearl PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 46 punct _ _ 49 or or CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 Primrose primrose NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ _ 54 or or CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 55 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 60 nsubj _ _ 56 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 57 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux _ _ 58 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 60 cop _ _ 59 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 65 instead instead ADV RB _ 67 advmod _ _ 66 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 67 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 68 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grow** | past | charms *= charm* | | | | | old *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **become** | past | rose | | | | | evident *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | charms *= charm* | | | | | all, intelligent, remarkably *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **profit** | participle | charms *= charm* *not said here* | | | | | by the education; equally *property* | vn benefit-72.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Beneficiary by education=Causer | | 5 | **receive** | past | charms *= charm* | the education *not said here* | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent education=Theme | | 6 | **differ** | past | charms *= charm* | one | | another | | | tree rules | | 7 | **cease** | past | charms *= charm* | | | | | gradually *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 8 | **know** | to-infinitive · passive | charms *= charm* *not said here* | | | | | as Pearl or Primrose or charms's colour | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: as pearl=Attribute | | 9 | **is a** | might · perfect | whatever | charms's colour | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | the Queen | | | | | instead *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 120](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/120/) - next →: [sentence 122](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/122/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)