--- title: The queen was delighted, and soon the baby began to take notice of t… — The Brown Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The queen was delighted, and soon the baby began to take notice of the kitten as she jumped about the room, and would not go to sleep at all unless the kitten lay curled up beside her. Who acts: queen, baby, kitten. 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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, baby, kitten), 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:pg3282:27:109 # text = The queen was delighted, and soon the baby began to take notice of the kitten as she jumped about the room, and would not go to sleep at all unless the kitten lay curled up beside her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 7 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 jumped jump VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 20 about about ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 27 advmod _ _ 27 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 sleep sleep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 29 obl _ _ 32 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 kitten kitten NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 lay lay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 advcl _ _ 36 curled curl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 xcomp _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 beside beside ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the queen | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **begin** | past | the baby | | | | | soon *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 3 | **take** | to-infinitive | the baby *not said here* | notice of the kitten | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 4 | **jump** | past | queen | | | | | about the room | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about room=Trajectory | | 5 | **not** **go** | would | the queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **sleep** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | | | all | | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **lay** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the kitten | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **curl up** | participle | the kitten *not said here* | | | | | beside queen | vn coil-9.6-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **notice** | | | the kitten | | | | | nom notice «communication 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 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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/108/) - next →: [sentence 110](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/110/) - ↑ back to [The Brown Fairy Book, part 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3282/27/)