--- title: Then all the Queens except Balkis--the Most Beautiful and Splendid B… — Just so stories · tree and pragmatics description: Then all the Queens except Balkis--the Most Beautiful and Splendid Balkis, who stood apart smiling--fell flat on their faces, for they said, ‘If these things are done when a Butterfly is displeased with his wife, what shall be done to us who have vexed our King with our loud-speaking and open quarre --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/146/) [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/) / [Just so stories](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/) / [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/) / 146 # Just so stories, The Butterfly That Stamped, sentence 146 Then all the Queens except Balkis--the Most Beautiful and Splendid Balkis, who stood apart smiling--fell flat on their faces, for they said, ‘If these things are done when a Butterfly is displeased with his wife, what shall be done to us who have vexed our King with our loud-speaking and open quarrelling through many days?’ **Who acts:** Queens, steps, our · **What happens:** stand apart, smile, fall, say, do, displease · **To what, where:** faces, things, Butterfly, wife, us, King · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, The Butterfly That Stamped. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queens, steps, our), 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:pg2781:13:146 # text = Then all the Queens except Balkis--the Most Beautiful and Splendid Balkis, who stood apart smiling--fell flat on their faces, for they said, ‘If these things are done when a Butterfly is displeased with his wife, what shall be done to us who have vexed our King with our loud-speaking and open quarrelling through many days?’ 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 16 advmod _ _ 2 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 4 det:predet _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ _ 5 except except ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Balkis Balkis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 -- -- PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 9 Most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 13 nsubj _ _ 10 Beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 Splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 13 Balkis Balkis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 nsubj _ _ 16 stood stand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 apart apart ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 smiling smile VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 -- -- PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 21 flat flat ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 faces face NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 for for SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 30 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 40 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 If if SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 32 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 33 det _ _ 33 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ _ 36 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 advmod _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 Butterfly butterfly NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 displeased displease VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 advcl _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 48 obj _ _ 46 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 47 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl:relcl _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ _ 51 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 53 nsubj _ _ 52 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 53 vexed vex VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 ccomp _ _ 54 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 55 nmod:poss _ _ 55 King king NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obj _ _ 56 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 57 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nsubj _ _ 58 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 60 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 59 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 60 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 53 obl _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 open open ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 quarrelling quarrell VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 60 conj _ _ 64 through through ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 63 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 ? ? PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 68 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand apart** | past | all Queens except Balkis | | | | then | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **smile** | gerund | all Queens except Balkis *not said here* | | | | | apart *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **fall** | past | all Queens except Balkis *not said here* | | | steps's faces | | flat *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on face=Location | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | steps *= step* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive | | this things | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 6 | **displease** | present · passive | | a Butterfly | | | | with Butterfly's wife | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **do** | shall · passive | | Butterfly's wife | us | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: what=Eventuality | | 8 | **vex** | present · perfect | | our King | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | | 9 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | our | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **quarrell** | gerund | our *not said here* | | | | day | | 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:** «Just so stories» by Rudyard Kipling, Project Gutenberg book 2781 (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 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/147/) - ↑ back to [The Butterfly That Stamped](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg2781/13/)