--- title: The ministers replied that in that case she had better manage her ki… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The ministers replied that in that case she had better manage her kingdom alone, and the queen, who knew nothing about business, got things into such a confusion that at last she threw them up altogether, and went off to her uncle. Who acts: ministers, queen. 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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 (ministers, queen), 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:pg3282:13:11 # text = The ministers replied that in that case she had better manage her kingdom alone, and the queen, who knew nothing about business, got things into such a confusion that at last she threw them up altogether, and went off to her uncle. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 ministers minister NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 7 det _ _ 7 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 10 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 11 advmod _ _ 11 manage manage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 alone alone ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 21 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 acl:relcl _ _ 22 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 21 obj _ _ 23 about about ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 26 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 27 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 28 into into ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 31 det:predet _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 confusion confusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 34 nsubj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obj _ _ 38 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 39 altogether altogether ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 43 off off ADP RP _ 42 compound:prt _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 uncle uncle NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the ministers | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | queen | | | that case | | | tree rules | | 3 | **manage** | infinitive | queen *not said here* | queen's kingdom | | | | alone, well *property* | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 4 | **know** | past | the queen | nothing | | | | about business | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 5 | **get** | past | the queen | things | | such confusion | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | | 6 | **throw up** | past | queen | ministers *= minister* | | | | altogether *property* | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 7 | **go off** | past | the ministers *not said here* | | | | | to queen's uncle | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/12/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/)