--- title: ‘It is ready, mistress,’ whispered a queer little voice which made h… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘It is ready, mistress,’ whispered a queer little voice which made her jump, and, looking behind her, she saw a lovely palace made of the finest woods, and a row of slaves with tall fans bowing before the door. Who acts: house, queer little voice, snake, tall fans. 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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 (house, queer little voice, snake, tall fans), 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:pg3454:22:21 # text = ‘It is ready, mistress,’ whispered a queer little voice which made her jump, and, looking behind her, she saw a lovely palace made of the finest woods, and a row of slaves with tall fans bowing before the door. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 mistress mistress NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ 9 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 queer queer ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 14 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 acl:relcl _ _ 16 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 jump jump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 22 behind behind ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 26 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 lovely lovely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 finest fine ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 34 amod _ _ 34 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 row row NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 slaves slave NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ _ 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 tall tall ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 fans fan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nmod _ _ 44 bowing bow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 43 acl _ _ 45 before before ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | house | | | | | mistress *obl*; ready *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | | a queer little voice | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Topic | | 3 | **make** | past | a queer little voice | snake | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **jump** | infinitive | snake *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **look** | gerund | snake *not said here* | | | | | behind snake | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind she=Theme | | 6 | **see** | past | snake | a lovely palace | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | | 7 | **make** | participle | | a lovely palace *not said here* | | | | of the finest woods | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 8 | **bow** | gerund | tall fans *not said here* | | | the door | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before door=Location | 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/22/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/22/)