--- title: The Queen, feeling her last hour approach, said to her husband, who… — The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen, feeling her last hour approach, said to her husband, who was dissolved in tears: "It is well that I should speak to you of a certain matter before I die: if, perchance, you should desire to marry again...." Who acts: Queen, approach, perchance. 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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 (Queen, approach, perchance), 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:pg29021:15:44 # text = The Queen, feeling her last hour approach, said to her husband, who was dissolved in tears: "It is well that I should speak to you of a certain matter before I die: if, perchance, you should desire to marry again...." 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 feeling feel VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 6 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 approach approach NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 dissolved dissolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 21 " " PUNCT `` _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 24 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 before before SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 36 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 die die VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 39 if if SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 perchance perchance NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 desire desire VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 parataxis _ _ 46 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 47 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ _ 48 again again ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 .... .... PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **feel** | gerund | the Queen *not said here* | Queen's last hour approach | | | | | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent approach=Theme | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | | Queen's husband | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to husband=Recipient clause=Topic | | 3 | **dissolve** | past · passive | | Queen's husband | | tears | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | should · present | approach | | Queen's husband *= husband* | | | of a certain matter; speak, well *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **die** *in a quote* | present | the Queen *= queen* | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **desire** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | should | perchance | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 7 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | perchance *not said here* | | | | again | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **approach** | | Queen | | | | | | nom approach «act intransitive»: 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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/45/) - ↑ back to [Towards Her"\]](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg29021/15/)