--- title: She was now old enough to govern her own kingdom, but her subjects d… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She was now old enough to govern her own kingdom, but her subjects did not like being ruled by a woman, and said that she must find a husband to help her in managing her affairs. Who acts: lady, subjects, woman. 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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 (lady, subjects, woman), 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:pg3282:13:9 # text = She was now old enough to govern her own kingdom, but her subjects did not like being ruled by a woman, and said that she must find a husband to help her in managing her affairs. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 enough enough ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 govern govern VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 13 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 15 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 17 advmod _ _ 17 like like VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 conj _ _ 18 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 ruled rule VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 xcomp _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 28 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 ccomp _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 acl _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 in in SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 managing manage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 33 advcl _ _ 37 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | lady | | | | now | enough, old *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **govern** | to-infinitive | lady *not said here* | lady's own kingdom | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme | | 3 | **not** **like** | past · do-support | lady's subjects | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 4 | **rule** *not said to happen* | gerund · passive | a woman | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | lady *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **find** | must | lady | a husband | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Topic | | 7 | **help** | to-infinitive | lady *not said here* | a husband *not said here* | lady | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 8 | **manage** | gerund | lady *not said here* | lady's affairs | | | | | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent affair=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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/10/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/13/)