--- title: 'Alas,' sighed the queen, 'I have been commanded by the Lion Fairy t… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'Alas,' sighed the queen, 'I have been commanded by the Lion Fairy to make her a pasty out of the stings of bees, and, as far as I can discover, there are none here; as how should there be, seeing there are no flowers for them to feed on? Who acts: Alas, Lion Fairy, I, none. 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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 (Alas, Lion Fairy, I, none), 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:pg3027:27:81 # text = 'Alas,' sighed the queen, 'I have been commanded by the Lion Fairy to make her a pasty out of the stings of bees, and, as far as I can discover, there are none here; as how should there be, seeing there are no flowers for them to feed on? 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Alas ala NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 5 sighed sigh VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 11 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 commanded command VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 Lion Lion PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 compound _ _ 17 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 advcl _ _ 20 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 pasty pasty NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 23 out out ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 stings sting NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 bees bee NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 32 as as ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 33 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 40 advmod _ _ 34 as as SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 discover discover VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 39 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 40 expl _ _ 40 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 41 none none PRON NN PronType=Neg 40 nsubj _ _ 42 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 44 as as SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 45 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 47 advmod _ _ 46 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 47 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 50 advmod _ _ 48 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 seeing see VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 51 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 52 expl _ _ 52 are be VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 ccomp _ _ 53 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 54 det _ _ 54 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nsubj _ _ 55 for for SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 56 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 57 to to PART TO _ 58 mark _ _ 58 feed feed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 54 acl _ _ 59 on on ADP IN _ 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 60 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sigh** | past | Alas | the queen | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Topic | | 2 | **command** | present · perfect · passive | the Lion Fairy | I | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 3 | **make** | to-infinitive | the Lion Fairy *not said here* | a pasty | queen | the stings of bees | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset she=Beneficiary pasty=Product | | 4 | **discover** | can | I | | | | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **be** | present | none | | | here; there | | far *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is** | infinitive | Alas *not said here* | | | there | | see *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **does** | present | no flowers | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **feed on** | to-infinitive | flowers *= flower* | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **sting** | | | bees | | | | | nom sting «state 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 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/80/) - next →: [sentence 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/82/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/27/)