--- title: But when she spoke to them sweetly, and told them how she had always… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when she spoke to them sweetly, and told them how she had always loved them, and that it was she who had given them all the pretty things which it had so surprised them to find, they thanked her gratefully, and took pleasure in answering the questions she put to them. 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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 (Fairy, garland, Sylvain), 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:pg7277:9:10 # text = But when she spoke to them sweetly, and told them how she had always loved them, and that it was she who had given them all the pretty things which it had so surprised them to find, they thanked her gratefully, and took pleasure in answering the questions she put to them. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 7 sweetly sweetly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 iobj _ _ 12 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 16 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 16 advmod _ _ 16 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 ccomp _ _ 17 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 21 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 26 nsubj _ _ 25 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 parataxis _ _ 27 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 obj _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 35 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 surprised surprised ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 xcomp _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 42 thanked thank VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 43 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obj _ _ 44 gratefully gratefully ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 48 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obj _ _ 49 in in SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 50 answering answer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 47 advcl _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 questions question NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 obj _ _ 53 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 54 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 acl:relcl _ _ 55 to to ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Fairy | | Sylvain | | | sweetly *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | | | Sylvain | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **love** | past · perfect | Fairy | Sylvain | | | | always *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | garland | | | | all pretty things *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient they=Theme | | 5 | **have** | past | garland | all pretty things | | | | surprised *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | | 6 | **find** | to-infinitive | garland *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **thank** *speech: thank* | past | Sylvain | | Fairy | | | gratefully *property* | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 8 | **take** | past | | pleasure | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pleasure=Theme | | 9 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | | the questions | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Eventuality | | 10 | **put** | past | Fairy | the questions *not said here* | Sylvain | | | | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent question=Goal | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/11/) - ↑ back to [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/)