--- title: The queen feared that some ill would come of it, and implored him to… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The queen feared that some ill would come of it, and implored him to stay at home, but he told her that nobody could do his work for him, and the next morning the sails were spread, and the king started on his voyage. Who acts: queen, ill, king, nobody. 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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, ill, king, nobody), 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:pg3282:17:86 # text = The queen feared that some ill would come of it, and implored him to stay at home, but he told her that nobody could do his work for him, and the next morning the sails were spread, and the king started on his voyage. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 feared fear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 6 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 nsubj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 14 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 17 at at ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 iobj _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 27 nsubj _ _ 26 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 xcomp _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 for for ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sails sail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 spread spread VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 45 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 46 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 voyage voyage NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fear** | past | the queen | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **come** | would | some ill | | | | | of group | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of it=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **implore** | past | the queen *not said here* | king | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **stay** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | | | home | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | | 5 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | king | | queen | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | | 6 | **do** *not said to happen* | could | nobody | king's work | | | | for king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality | | 7 | **spread** | past · passive | | the next morning | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **start** | past | the king | | | king's voyage | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 9 | **work** | | king | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **voyage** | | king | | | | | | nom voyage «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/85/) - next →: [sentence 87](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/87/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/17/)