--- title: However, she bore it for a long while because it was the king's wish… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: However, she bore it for a long while because it was the king's wish, but when time passed and there were no signs of the war drifting in the direction of the castle, she grew bolder, and sometimes strayed outside the walls, in the direction of the forest. Who acts: queen, way, signs, war. 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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, way, signs, war), 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:pg3027:27:15 # text = However, she bore it for a long while because it was the king's wish, but when time passed and there were no signs of the war drifting in the direction of the castle, she grew bolder, and sometimes strayed outside the walls, in the direction of the forest. 1 However however ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 while while NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 21 advmod _ _ 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 23 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 24 expl _ _ 24 were be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 25 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 26 det _ _ 26 signs sign NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 30 drifting drift VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 acl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 40 bolder bold ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 39 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 sometimes sometimes ADV RB PronType=Ind 44 advmod _ _ 44 strayed stray VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 conj _ _ 45 outside outside ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bear** | past | queen | way | | | while | however *property* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | way | the king's wish | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **pass** | participle | | | | | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **be** | past | no signs of the war | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **drift** | gerund | the war *not said here* | | | the direction of the castle | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in direction=Trajectory | | 6 | **grow** | past | queen | | | | | bold *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **stray** | participle | queen *not said here* | | | the direction of the forest | | outside the walls; sometimes *property* | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside wall=Trajectory | | 8 | **sign** | | | the war | | | | | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/14/) - next →: [sentence 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/16/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/)