--- title: This pleased the queen, and he rode off to the plain country, where… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This pleased the queen, and he rode off to the plain country, where his mother owned great estates; but everything was in beautiful order, and he returned with a joyful heart, and said, “Now, mother, you can be happy again, for your lands are better managed than anyone else’s I have seen. 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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 (property, mother, everything), 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:pg2435:37:21 # text = This pleased the queen, and he rode off to the plain country, where his mother owned great estates; but everything was in beautiful order, and he returned with a joyful heart, and said, “Now, mother, you can be happy again, for your lands are better managed than anyone else’s I have seen. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 2 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 acl:relcl _ _ 9 off off ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ 10 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 15 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 18 advmod _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 18 owned own VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 19 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 estates estate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 23 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 27 nsubj _ _ 24 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 returned return VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 joyful joyful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 heart heart NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 40 “ " PUNCT `` _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 46 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 cop _ _ 48 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 ccomp _ _ 49 again again ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 for for ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 53 nmod:poss _ _ 53 lands land NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 obl _ _ 54 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 parataxis _ _ 56 managed manage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 conj _ _ 57 than than SCONJ IN _ 63 mark _ _ 58 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 63 nmod:poss _ _ 59 else else ADV RB _ 58 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ’s 's PART POS _ 58 case _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 63 nsubj _ _ 62 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 63 aux _ _ 63 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 56 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 64 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride off** | past | property | the pleased queen *not said here* | | the plain country | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent queen=Theme to country=Trajectory | | 2 | **own** | past | property's mother | great estates | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot estate=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | everything | | | beautiful order | | | tree rules | | 4 | **return** | past | property | | | | | with a joyful heart | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | property *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **is** *in a quote* | can | mother | | | | now; again | happy *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | for your lands; good *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **manage** *in a quote* | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **see** *in a quote* | present · perfect | property | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/22/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)