--- title: Now the Queen had been shut up in a great tower by the King’s orders… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now the Queen had been shut up in a great tower by the King’s orders, and when a great many days went by and still she heard nothing from the Fairy she made her escape from the window by means of a rope ladder, taking her little baby with her. Who acts: orders, great many days, Queen, King. 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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 (orders, great many days, Queen, King), 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:pg503:22:66 # text = Now the Queen had been shut up in a great tower by the King’s orders, and when a great many days went by and still she heard nothing from the Fairy she made her escape from the window by means of a rope ladder, taking her little baby with her. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 up up ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 by by ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ’s 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 19 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 22 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nsubj _ _ 24 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 25 by by ADP IN _ 24 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 still still ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 29 obj _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 36 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 obj _ _ 37 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 ccomp _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 41 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 parataxis _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 rope rope NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 ladder ladder NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 48 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 parataxis _ _ 49 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 50 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ _ 52 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **shut up** | past · perfect · passive | the King's orders | the Queen | | a great tower | now | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 2 | **go by** | past | a great many days | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **hear** | past | Queen | nothing | | | still | from the Fairy | tree rules | | 4 | **make** | past | Queen | fairy | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Product | | 5 | **escape** | infinitive | | | | the window | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from window=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **mean** | present | | | | | | of a rope ladder | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **take** | gerund | | Queen's little baby | | | | with Queen | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Theme | | 8 | **order** | | the King | | | | | | nom order «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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/67/) - ↑ back to [Felicia and the Pot of Pinks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/22/)