--- title: “Ah, my son, my son,” cried the queen, “it is the thought that I mus… — The Crimson Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “Ah, my son, my son,” cried the queen, “it is the thought that I must part from you which causes me such grief; for before you were born we vowed a vow to St. James that when your eighteenth birthday was passed you should make a pilgrimage to his shrine, and very soon you will be eighteen, and I sha --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/25/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/) / [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/) / 25 # The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37, sentence 25 “Ah, my son, my son,” cried the queen, “it is the thought that I must part from you which causes me such grief; for before you were born we vowed a vow to St. James that when your eighteenth birthday was passed you should make a pilgrimage to his shrine, and very soon you will be eighteen, and I shall lose you. **Who acts:** son, it, that, part, we, you · **What happens:** cry, be, part, cause, bear, vow · **To what, where:** queen, thought, son, you, vow, eighteenth birthday · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, it, that, part), 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:pg2435:37:25 # text = “Ah, my son, my son,” cried the queen, “it is the thought that I must part from you which causes me such grief; for before you were born we vowed a vow to St. James that when your eighteenth birthday was passed you should make a pilgrimage to his shrine, and very soon you will be eighteen, and I shall lose you. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ah ah INTJ UH _ 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 20 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 21 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 22 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 ccomp _ _ 24 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 23 nmod _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 causes cause VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 28 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 27 obj _ _ 29 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 before before SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 born bear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 37 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 vowed vow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 vow vow NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:desc _ _ 43 James James PROPN NNP Number=Sing 50 obl _ _ 44 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 50 obj _ _ 45 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 50 advmod _ _ 46 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 eighteenth eighteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 49 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ _ 51 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 52 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 parataxis _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 pilgrimage pilgrimage NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 shrine shrine NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 61 very very ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 66 advmod _ _ 63 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 64 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 65 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 66 cop _ _ 66 eighteen eighteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 71 cc _ _ 69 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 71 nsubj _ _ 70 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 71 aux _ _ 71 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 advcl _ _ 72 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 71 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | my son | the queen | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Topic | | 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | the thought | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **part** *in a quote* | must | that | | | | | from you | tree rules | | 4 | **cause** *in a quote* | present | part | my son *= son* | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Causer i=Theme grief=Eventuality | | 5 | **bear** *in a quote* | past · passive | | you | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 6 | **vow** *in a quote* | past | we | a vow | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **pass** *in a quote* | past · passive | | your eighteenth birthday | James St. | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient that=Theme | | 8 | **make** *in a quote* | should | you | a pilgrimage | | | | to son's shrine | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pilgrimage=Product | | 9 | **is a** *in a quote* | future | you | eighteen | | | | soon *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **lose** *in a quote* | shall | my son *= son* | you | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Eventuality | 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/26/) - ↑ back to [The Crimson Fairy Book, part 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2435/37/)