--- title: “‘Though it is a hard condition,’ said the Queen, ‘I consent, for I… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “‘Though it is a hard condition,’ said the Queen, ‘I consent, for I shall certainly die if I do not taste the fruit, and so I should lose my little daughter either way.’ Who acts: land, hard condition. 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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 (land, hard condition), 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:pg503:24:74 # text = “‘Though it is a hard condition,’ said the Queen, ‘I consent, for I shall certainly die if I do not taste the fruit, and so I should lose my little daughter either way.’ 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Though though SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 hard hard ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 consent consent VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 19 for for SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 23 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 24 if if SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 25 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 28 advmod _ _ 28 taste taste VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 fruit fruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 lose lose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 conj _ _ 37 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 38 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 either either DET DT PronType=Ind 41 det _ _ 41 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 43 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | land | a hard condition | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | a hard condition | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **consent** *in a quote* | present | a hard condition *= condition* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **die** *in a quote* | shall | a hard condition *= condition* | | | | | certainly *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **taste** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present · do-support | a hard condition *= condition* | the fruit | | | | | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme fruit=Attribute | | 6 | **lose** *in a quote* | should | a hard condition *= condition* | my little daughter | | | | either way *obl:unmarked* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Eventuality | 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 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/73/) - next →: [sentence 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/75/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)