--- title: She had before, at his christening, given him all the graces of mind… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She had before, at his christening, given him all the graces of mind and body that a prince could possibly require; but now she redoubled her efforts, and spared no pains in adding every imaginable charm and fascination. Who acts: girl, christening, prince, king. 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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 (girl, christening, prince, king), 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:pg7277:8:127 # text = She had before, at his christening, given him all the graces of mind and body that a prince could possibly require; but now she redoubled her efforts, and spared no pains in adding every imaginable charm and fascination. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 before before ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 graces grace NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 18 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 obj _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 possibly possibly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 require require VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 28 advmod _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 redoubled redouble VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 efforts effort NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 spared spare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 34 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 35 det _ _ 35 pains pain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obj _ _ 36 in in SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 37 adding add VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 38 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 40 det _ _ 39 imaginable imaginable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 fascination fascination NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | girl | | | king's christening | | before *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** | participle | king's christening *not said here* | all graces of mind and body | king | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient grace=Theme | | 3 | **require** | could | a prince | body | | | | possibly *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Precondition | | 4 | **redouble** | past | girl | girl's efforts | | | now | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent effort=Patient | | 5 | **spare** | past | girl *not said here* | no pains | | | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent pain=Asset | | 6 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | girl *not said here* | every imaginable charm and fascination | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charm=Patient | | 7 | **christen** | | king | | | | | | nom christening «act 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 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/126/) - next →: [sentence 128](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/128/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)