--- title: And as one more proof of the fascination of the whole Rosanella, I m… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: And as one more proof of the fascination of the whole Rosanella, I may tell you that even the defeated Surcantine sent her a wedding gift, and was present at the ceremony which took place as soon as the guests could arrive. Who acts: I, defeated Surcantine, ceremony, guests. 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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 (I, defeated Surcantine, ceremony, guests), 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:pg7277:8:160 # text = And as one more proof of the fascination of the whole Rosanella, I may tell you that even the defeated Surcantine sent her a wedding gift, and was present at the ceremony which took place as soon as the guests could arrive. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 2 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 proof proof NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fascination fascination NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Rosanella Rosanella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 14 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 17 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 19 even even ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 defeated defeat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 amod _ _ 22 Surcantine Surcantine PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 ccomp _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 cop _ _ 31 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 conj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 38 as as ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 guests guest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | may | I | | you | | | as one more proof of the fascination of the whole Rosanella | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **defeat** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **send** | past | the defeated Surcantine | a wedding gift | ROSANELLA | | | | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Destination gift=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | I *not said here* | | | the ceremony | | present *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **take** | past | the ceremony | place | | | | soon *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | | 6 | **arrive** | could | the guests | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **proof** | | | the fascination of the whole Rosanella | | | | | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **fascinate** | | | the whole Rosanella | | | | | nom fascination «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 159](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/159/) - next →: [sentence 161](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/161/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)