--- title: All this Blauvor, the queen, found out by means of her black arts, a… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: All this Blauvor, the queen, found out by means of her black arts, and when the prince drew near the capital she put a splendid dress on her own daughter and then went to meet her guest. Who acts: Blauvor, prince. 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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 (Blauvor, prince), 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:pg2435:23:49 # text = All this Blauvor, the queen, found out by means of her black arts, and when the prince drew near the capital she put a splendid dress on her own daughter and then went to meet her guest. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 Blauvor Blauvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 8 obl _ _ 11 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 14 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 arts art NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 18 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 prince prince NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 21 drew draw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 advcl _ _ 22 near near ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 capital capital NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 parataxis _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 on on ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 36 advmod _ _ 36 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 guest guest NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find out** | participle | | the queen *not said here* | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **mean** | present | all Blauvor | | | | | of Blauvor's black arts | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **draw** | past | the prince | | | the capital | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **put** | past | Blauvor | a splendid dress | | | | on Blauvor's own daughter | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent dress=Theme on daughter=Destination | | 5 | **go** | past | Blauvor *not said here* | | | | then | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **meet** | to-infinitive | Blauvor *not said here* | Blauvor | | | | | tree rules | 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 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/48/) - next →: [sentence 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/50/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/23/)