--- title: At these words the queen burst into tears, and implored her gaoler t… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At these words the queen burst into tears, and implored her gaoler to put her to death rather than condemn her to such a life; but the Lion Fairy only laughed, and counselled her to try to make herself pleasant, as many worse things might befall her. Who acts: queen, Lion Fairy, many worse things. 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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, Lion Fairy, many worse things), 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:pg3027:27:50 # text = At these words the queen burst into tears, and implored her gaoler to put her to death rather than condemn her to such a life; but the Lion Fairy only laughed, and counselled her to try to make herself pleasant, as many worse things might befall her. 1 At at ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 3 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 burst burst VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 into into ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 gaoler gaoler NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 19 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 21 cc _ _ 20 than than ADP IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 condemn condemn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 26 det:predet _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 compound _ _ 31 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 32 only only ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 laughed laugh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 counselled counsell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 37 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 39 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ _ 43 pleasant pleasant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 45 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 46 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 worse bad ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 48 amod _ _ 48 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nsubj _ _ 49 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 befall befall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **burst** | past | the queen | | | this words | | into tears | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at word=Location | | 2 | **implore** | past | the queen *not said here* | queen's gaoler | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gaoler=Recipient | | 3 | **put** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | | queen | | | to death | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | | 4 | **condemn** | infinitive | the queen *not said here* | queen | | | | to such life | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 5 | **laugh** | past | the Lion Fairy | | | | | | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **counsell** | past | the Lion Fairy *not said here* | queen | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **try** | to-infinitive | the Lion Fairy *not said here* | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Lion Fairy *not said here* | queen | | | | pleasant *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset herself=Product | | 9 | **befall** | might | many worse things | queen | | | | | 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:** «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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/51/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/)