--- title: Then she sent for her chariot of green rushes, ornamented with May d… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she sent for her chariot of green rushes, ornamented with May dewdrops, which she particularly valued and always collected with great care; and ordered her six short-tailed moles to carry them all back to the well-known pastures, which they did in a remarkably short time; and Sylvain and Jocosa --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/) / 33 # The Green Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, sentence 33 Then she sent for her chariot of green rushes, ornamented with May dewdrops, which she particularly valued and always collected with great care; and ordered her six short-tailed moles to carry them all back to the well-known pastures, which they did in a remarkably short time; and Sylvain and Jocosa were overjoyed to see their dearly-loved home once more after all their toilful wanderings. **Who acts:** Fairy, Sylvain · **What happens:** send, ornament, value, collect, order, tail · **To what, where:** green rushes, May dewdrops, six tailed moles, Fairy, moles, known pastures This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Sylvain and Jocosa. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fairy, 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:pg7277:9:33 # text = Then she sent for her chariot of green rushes, ornamented with May dewdrops, which she particularly valued and always collected with great care; and ordered her six short-tailed moles to carry them all back to the well-known pastures, which they did in a remarkably short time; and Sylvain and Jocosa were overjoyed to see their dearly-loved home once more after all their toilful wanderings. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 rushes rush NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 ornamented ornament VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 May may ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 dewdrops dewdrop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obj _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 particularly particularly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 valued value VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 22 advmod _ _ 22 collected collect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obj _ _ 30 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 34 nummod _ _ 31 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 tailed tail VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 moles mole NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 carry carry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 advcl _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 all all ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 back back ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 45 pastures pasture NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 48 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 52 remarkably remarkably ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 short short ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 54 amod _ _ 54 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ; ; PUNCT : _ 61 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 57 cc _ _ 57 Sylvain Sylvain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 Jocosa Jocosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 57 conj _ _ 60 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux:pass _ _ 61 overjoyed overjoy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 xcomp _ _ 64 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 65 dearly dearly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 66 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 65 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 67 loved love VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 68 amod _ _ 68 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 63 obj _ _ 69 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 70 advmod _ _ 70 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 63 advmod _ _ 71 after after ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 72 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 75 det:predet _ _ 73 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 74 toilful toilful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 75 amod _ _ 75 wanderings wandering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | Fairy | | | | then | for Fairy's chariot of green rushes | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **ornament** | participle | | green rushes *not said here* | | | | with May dewdrops | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with dewdrop=Theme | | 3 | **value** | past | Fairy | May dewdrops | | | | particularly *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | | 4 | **collect** | participle | Fairy *not said here* | | | | | with great care; always *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with care=Instrument | | 5 | **order** | past | Fairy *not said here* | six tailed moles | Fairy | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary mole=Theme | | 6 | **tail** | participle | | | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **carry** | to-infinitive | Fairy *not said here* | moles *= mole* | | the known pastures | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to pasture=Destination | | 8 | **know** | participle | | | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **do** | past | Sylvain | the known pastures | | | time | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality | | 10 | **overjoy** | past · passive | | Sylvain and Jocosa | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **see** | to-infinitive | | Sylvain's loved home | | | after Sylvain's toilful wanderings | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer home=Stimulus | | 12 | **love** | participle | | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **wander** | | Sylvain | | | | | | nom wandering «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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/34/) - ↑ back to [Sylvain and Jocosa](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/9/)