--- title: Then the Queen began to cry and sob so bitterly that the little man… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Queen began to cry and sob so bitterly that the little man was sorry for her, and said: “I’ll give you three days to guess my name, and if you find it out in that time you may keep your child.” Who acts: Queen, little man, you, my. 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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, little man, you, my), 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:pg503:13:219 # text = Then the Queen began to cry and sob so bitterly that the little man was sorry for her, and said: “I’ll give you three days to guess my name, and if you find it out in that time you may keep your child.” 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cry cry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 sob sob VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 bitterly bitterly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 16 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 advcl _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 “ " PUNCT `` _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ’ll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 26 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ _ 28 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 guess guess VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 advcl _ _ 32 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 46 advcl _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 obj _ _ 40 out out ADP RP _ 38 compound:prt _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 46 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 47 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **begin** | past | the Queen | | | | then | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **cry** *speech: express* | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **sob** | infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | bitterly *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | past | the little man | | | | | for Queen; sorry *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **give** *in a quote* | future | the Queen *= queen* | | you | | day | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | | 7 | **guess** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Queen *= queen* *not said here* | my name | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme | | 8 | **find out** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | you | name | | | time | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 9 | **keep** *in a quote* | may | you | your child | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | | 10 | **name** *in a quote* | | my | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 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 218](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/218/) - next →: [sentence 220](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/220/) - ↑ back to [The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/13/)