--- title: “I will have it so,” replied the Queen (and this she spoke in the to… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “I will have it so,” replied the Queen (and this she spoke in the tone of an Ogress who had a strong desire to eat fresh meat), “and will eat her with a sauce Robert.” Who acts: I, Queen, Ogress. 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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 (I, Queen, Ogress), 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:pg503:10:87 # text = “I will have it so,” replied the Queen (and this she spoke in the tone of an Ogress who had a strong desire to eat fresh meat), “and will eat her with a sauce Robert.” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 ccomp _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 12 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 16 nsubj _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 Ogress ogress NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 acl _ _ 30 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 meat meat NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 “ " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sauce sauce NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 42 Robert Robert PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** *in a quote* | future | I | clerk | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | the Queen | | | the tone of a Ogress | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **have** | past | a Ogress | a strong desire | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent desire=Patient | | 5 | **eat** | to-infinitive | a Ogress *not said here* | fresh meat | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meat=Patient | | 6 | **eat** *in a quote* | future | a Ogress *not said here* | queen | | | | with a sauce | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 7 | **intonate** | | | a Ogress | | | | | nom tone «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 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/88/) - ↑ back to [The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/10/)