--- title: The ogre’s heart was moved at the sight of the queen’s beauty, and h… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The ogre’s heart was moved at the sight of the queen’s beauty, and he promised that he would do her no harm; but he stabbed the boy at once, and binding his body on a horse, turned him loose in the forest. Who acts: heart, queen. 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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 (heart, queen), 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:pg2435:12:73 # text = The ogre’s heart was moved at the sight of the queen’s beauty, and he promised that he would do her no harm; but he stabbed the boy at once, and binding his body on a horse, turned him loose in the forest. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ogre ogre NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ’s 's PART POS _ 2 case _ _ 4 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 moved move VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’s 's PART POS _ 12 case _ _ 14 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 ccomp _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 24 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 25 det _ _ 25 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 29 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 stabbed stab VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 binding bind VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 43 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 conj _ _ 44 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 obj _ _ 45 loose loose ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 xcomp _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **move** | past · passive | | the ogre's heart | | the sight of the queen's beauty | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | heart | | | | | | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **do** | would | heart | queen's harm | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality | | 4 | **stab** | past | heart | the boy | | | | | vn poke-19-1-1 «NP V NP.instrument PP.theme»: agent=Agent boy=Instrument at once=Theme | | 5 | **bind** | gerund | heart *not said here* | heart's body | | | | on a horse | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent body=Patient | | 6 | **turn** | past | heart *not said here* | heart | | | | loose *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme he=Result | | 7 | **sight** | | | the queen's beauty | | | | | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **harm** | | queen | | | | | | nom harm «state 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 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/72/) - next →: [sentence 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/74/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/12/)