--- title: She had to give a full account of how she had stolen Rosanella from… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She had to give a full account of how she had stolen Rosanella from her cradle, and divided her character into twelve parts, that each might charm Prince Mirliflor, and when once more united might cure him of his inconstancy once and for ever. Who acts: Paridamie. 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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 (Paridamie), 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:pg7277:8:159 # text = She had to give a full account of how she had stolen Rosanella from her cradle, and divided her character into twelve parts, that each might charm Prince Mirliflor, and when once more united might cure him of his inconstancy once and for ever. 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 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 9 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 12 advmod _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 stolen steal VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl _ _ 13 Rosanella Rosanella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 cradle cradle NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 divided divide VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 into into ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 27 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 29 det _ _ 28 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 charm charm NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 Prince Prince PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod:desc _ _ 31 Mirliflor Mirliflor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 34 when when SCONJ WRB _ 37 mark _ _ 35 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 36 advmod _ _ 36 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 37 advmod _ _ 37 united united ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 advcl _ _ 38 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 cure cure VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 40 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 inconstancy inconstancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 39 advmod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | Paridamie | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | Paridamie *not said here* | a full account | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme | | 3 | **steal** | past · perfect | Paridamie | Rosanella | | Paridamie's cradle | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rosanella=Theme from cradle=Source | | 4 | **divide** | past | Paridamie *not said here* | Paridamie's character | | twelve parts | | Mirliflor Prince *obl* | vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Theme | | 5 | **cure** | might | Paridamie *not said here* | Prince | | | | of Prince's inconstancy; once *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer he=Source of inconstancy=Theme | 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 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/158/) - next →: [sentence 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/160/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)