--- title: Everybody knows that though the fairies live hundreds of years they… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Everybody knows that though the fairies live hundreds of years they do sometimes die, and especially as they are obliged to pass one day in every week under the form of some animal, when of course they are liable to accident. Who acts: Everybody, fairies. 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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 (Everybody, fairies), 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:pg7277:8:97 # text = Everybody knows that though the fairies live hundreds of years they do sometimes die, and especially as they are obliged to pass one day in every week under the form of some animal, when of course they are liable to accident. 1 Everybody everybody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 2 nsubj _ _ 2 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 though though SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 ccomp _ _ 8 hundreds hundred NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 13 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 14 advmod _ _ 14 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 especially especially ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 as as SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 nummod _ _ 25 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 28 det _ _ 28 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 29 under under ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 34 det _ _ 34 animal animal NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 when when SCONJ WRB _ 41 mark _ _ 37 of of ADP IN ExtPos=ADV 41 advmod _ _ 38 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 fixed _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 41 liable liable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 accident accident NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | Everybody | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **live** | present | the fairies | hundreds of years | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hundred=Location | | 3 | **die** | present · do-support | fairies *= fairy* | hundreds of years *not said here* | | | | sometimes *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **oblige** | present · passive | | fairies *= fairy* | | | | especially *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **pass** | to-infinitive | | | | the form of some animal | day; week | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under form=Location | | 6 | **is** | present | fairies *= fairy* | | | | | to accident; liable *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **form** | | | some animal | | | | | nom form «communication 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 96](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/96/) - next →: [sentence 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/98/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)