--- title: He was obliged to continue his expedition all the summer, and as soo… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He was obliged to continue his expedition all the summer, and as soon as he departed the Queen-mother sent her daughter-in-law to a country house among the woods, that she might with the more ease gratify her horrible longing. Who acts: Prince, Queen mother, queen. 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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 (Prince, Queen mother, queen), 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:pg503:10:83 # text = He was obliged to continue his expedition all the summer, and as soon as he departed the Queen-mother sent her daughter-in-law to a country house among the woods, that she might with the more ease gratify her horrible longing. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 continue continue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 expedition expedition NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 summer summer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 13 as as ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 20 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 21 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 22 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 23 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ SpaceAfter=No 27 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 compound _ _ 32 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 33 among among ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 woods wood NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 39 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 40 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 43 amod _ _ 43 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 44 gratify gratify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 conj _ _ 45 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 horrible horrible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 longing longing NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oblige** | past · passive | | Prince | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 2 | **continue** | to-infinitive | | Prince's expedition | | | summer | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent expedition=Theme | | 3 | **depart** | past | Prince | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **send** | past | the Queen mother | queen's daughter and law | | a country house | | among the woods; soon *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme to house=Destination | | 5 | **gratify** | might | queen | queen's horrible longing | | | | with the more ease | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus longing=Experiencer | | 6 | **long** | | queen | | | | | | nom longing «feeling intransitive»: 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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/84/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)