--- title: The queen repented bitterly her promise to the girl, but it was too… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The queen repented bitterly her promise to the girl, but it was too late to recall it; for Ilonka had already entered the king’s room, where he lay anxiously waiting for something, he knew not what. Who acts: queen, promise, king. 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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 (queen, promise, king), 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:pg2435:1:94 # text = The queen repented bitterly her promise to the girl, but it was too late to recall it; for Ilonka had already entered the king’s room, where he lay anxiously waiting for something, he knew not what. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 repented repent VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 cop _ _ 14 too too ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 recall recall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 20 for for SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 Ilonka Ilonka PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 already already ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ’s 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 lay lie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 advcl _ _ 33 anxiously anxiously ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 39 advmod _ _ 41 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **repent** | past | the queen | queen's promise | | | | to the girl; bitterly *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | promise | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **recall** | to-infinitive | promise *not said here* | promise | | | | | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **enter** | past · perfect · passive | | Ilonka | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **lie** | past | king | | | | | anxiously *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wait** | gerund | king *not said here* | | | | | for something | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **not** **know** | past | king | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | | 8 | **promise** | | queen | | | | | | nom promise «communication 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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/95/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/1/)