--- title: “A nice kind of empress she would make,” they said, as the emperor h… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “A nice kind of empress she would make,” they said, as the emperor had done, tossing their heads with disdain; for, having read many books, they guessed what she was wanted for. Who acts: nice kind, homes. 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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 (nice kind, homes), 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:pg2435:10:44 # text = “A nice kind of empress she would make,” they said, as the emperor had done, tossing their heads with disdain; for, having read many books, they guessed what she was wanted for. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 kind kind NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 empress empress NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 emperor emperor NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 tossing toss VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 22 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 heads head NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 disdain disdain NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 27 for for SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 30 aux _ _ 30 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 parataxis _ _ 31 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 36 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 wanted want VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 ccomp _ _ 40 for for ADP IN _ 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | would | a nice kind of empress | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | homes *= home* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | past · perfect · passive | | the emperor | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 4 | **toss** | gerund | | homes's heads | | | | with disdain | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Product with disdain=Material | | 5 | **read** | gerund · perfect | | many books | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | | 6 | **guess** | past | homes *= home* | | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **want** | past · passive | | kind | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Attribute | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/45/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/10/)