--- title: He was still sleeping when the queen rose and dressed herself, to ma… — The Lilac Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was still sleeping when the queen rose and dressed herself, to make everything ready for her husband’s journey; and the first place she went to was the stable, where she fed and watered the shaggy brown horse and put the saddle on it. Who acts: king, queen, first place, place. 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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 (king, queen, first place, place), 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:pg3454:9:9 # text = He was still sleeping when the queen rose and dressed herself, to make everything ready for her husband’s journey; and the first place she went to was the stable, where she fed and watered the shaggy brown horse and put the saddle on it. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 still still ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 sleeping sleep VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 8 rose rise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 dressed dress VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 11 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 advcl _ _ 15 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 14 obj _ _ 16 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 journey journey NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 amod _ _ 26 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 32 mark _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 stable stable NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 36 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 fed feed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 acl:relcl _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 watered water VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 shaggy shaggy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 41 brown brown ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 conj _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 saddle saddle NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 on on ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sleep** | past · progressive | king | | | | still | | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **rise** | past | the queen | | | | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dress** | past | the queen *not said here* | queen | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Patient | | 4 | **make** | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | everything | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset everything=Product | | 5 | **go** | past | the first place | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | past | | the stable | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **feed** | past | place | | | | | | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **water** | past | the first place *not said here* | | the shaggy brown horse | | | | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Destination | | 9 | **put** | infinitive | the first place *not said here* | the saddle | | saddle | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent saddle=Theme on it=Destination | | 10 | **journey** | | queen's husband | | | | | | nom journey «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 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/10/) - ↑ back to [The Lilac Fairy Book, part 9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg3454/9/)