--- title: Then she reminded the Queen of her agreement, and led her back to th… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she reminded the Queen of her agreement, and led her back to the camp, and next morning she went back to her kingdom, but before she had gone very far she began to repent of her bargain, and when the King came out to meet her she looked so sad that he guessed that something had happened, and as --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/83/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/) / 83 # The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 2, sentence 83 Then she reminded the Queen of her agreement, and led her back to the camp, and next morning she went back to her kingdom, but before she had gone very far she began to repent of her bargain, and when the King came out to meet her she looked so sad that he guessed that something had happened, and asked what was the matter. **Who acts:** Queen, King, something, matter · **What happens:** remind, lead back, go back, go, begin, repent · **To what, where:** Queen, camp · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, King, something, matter), 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:pg503:24:83 # text = Then she reminded the Queen of her agreement, and led her back to the camp, and next morning she went back to her kingdom, but before she had gone very far she began to repent of her bargain, and when the King came out to meet her she looked so sad that he guessed that something had happened, and asked what was the matter. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reminded remind VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 agreement agreement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 led lead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 12 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 back back ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl:unmarked _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 23 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 29 before before SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 33 very very ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 advmod _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 36 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 repent repent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 bargain bargain NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 44 when when SCONJ WRB _ 47 mark _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 advcl _ _ 48 out out ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 49 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 50 meet meet VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 47 advcl _ _ 51 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 53 nsubj _ _ 53 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 guessed guess VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 advcl _ _ 59 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 mark _ _ 60 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 62 nsubj _ _ 61 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 62 aux _ _ 62 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 58 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 66 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 65 ccomp _ _ 67 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 66 cop _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remind** *speech: other* | past | Queen | | the Queen of Queen's agreement | | then | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient | | 2 | **lead back** | past | Queen *not said here* | Queen | | the camp | | | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to camp=Destination | | 3 | **go back** | past | Queen | | | | morning | to Queen's kingdom *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to kingdom=Result | | 4 | **go** | past · perfect | Queen | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **begin** | past | Queen | | | | | far *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **repent** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | | | | | of Queen's bargain | tree rules | | 7 | **come out** | past | the King | | | | | out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 8 | **meet** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | Queen | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | | 9 | **look** | past | Queen | | | | | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 10 | **guess** | past | King | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 11 | **happen** | past · perfect | something | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 12 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 13 | **is a** | past | the matter | | | | | | tree rules | | 14 | **agree** | | Queen | | | | | | nom agreement «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | | 15 | **bargain** | | Queen | | | | | | nom bargain «communication 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/pg503/24/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/84/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)