--- title: 'It is a queen you will be,' answered Ian Direach, 'for the king of… — The Orange Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: 'It is a queen you will be,' answered Ian Direach, 'for the king of Erin has sent me for you, and in return he will give me his bay colt, that I may take him to the Seven Big Women of Dhiurradh, in exchange for the White Sword of Light. Who acts: trick, queen, Ian, king. 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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 (trick, queen, Ian, king), 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:pg3027:8:10 # text = 'It is a queen you will be,' answered Ian Direach, 'for the king of Erin has sent me for you, and in return he will give me his bay colt, that I may take him to the Seven Big Women of Dhiurradh, in exchange for the White Sword of Light. 1 ' ' PUNCT `` _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ 11 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 Ian Ian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 13 Direach Direach PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 ' ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 Erin Erin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 21 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 23 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 22 obj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 return return NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 33 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 iobj _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 bay bay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 colt colt NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 parataxis _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 Seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 nummod _ _ 46 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 Women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Dhiurradh Dhiurradh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 53 for for ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 White white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 Sword Sword PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 Light Light PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | trick | a queen | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | a queen | | Ian | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent ian=Eventuality | | 3 | **send** | present · perfect · passive | Ian *not said here* | the king of Erin | | | | for you | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination i=Theme | | 4 | **give** | future | king | king's bay colt | me | return | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient colt=Theme | | 5 | **take** | may | I | king | the Seven Big Women of Dhiurradh | exchange for the White Sword of Light | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to woman=Destination | 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 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/9/) - next →: [sentence 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/11/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3027/8/)