--- title: The King was very angry, and had the Queen and myself shut up in a g… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The King was very angry, and had the Queen and myself shut up in a great tower and safely guarded, and drove the little dwarfs out of his kingdom; but the fairies sent a great dragon who ate up all the people he met, and whose breath burnt up everything as he passed through the country; and at last, --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/85/) [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/) / 85 # The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 2, sentence 85 The King was very angry, and had the Queen and myself shut up in a great tower and safely guarded, and drove the little dwarfs out of his kingdom; but the fairies sent a great dragon who ate up all the people he met, and whose breath burnt up everything as he passed through the country; and at last, after trying in vain to rid himself of this monster, the King, to save his subjects, was obliged to consent that I should be given up to the fairies. **Who acts:** King, myself, fairies, great dragon, fairy, breath · **What happens:** be, have, shut up, guard, drive, send · **To what, where:** Queen, great tower, little dwarfs, kingdom, great dragon, people 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 (King, myself, fairies, great dragon), 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:pg503:24:85 # text = The King was very angry, and had the Queen and myself shut up in a great tower and safely guarded, and drove the little dwarfs out of his kingdom; but the fairies sent a great dragon who ate up all the people he met, and whose breath burnt up everything as he passed through the country; and at last, after trying in vain to rid himself of this monster, the King, to save his subjects, was obliged to consent that I should be given up to the fairies. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 very very ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 angry angry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 myself myself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 13 nsubj _ _ 13 shut shut VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 14 up up ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 20 safely safely ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 guarded guard VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 dwarfs dwarf NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 out out ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 33 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 36 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 dragon dragon NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 acl:relcl _ _ 42 up up ADP RP _ 41 compound:prt _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obj _ _ 46 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 met meet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 50 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 breath breath NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nsubj _ _ 52 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 parataxis _ _ 53 up up ADP RP _ 52 compound:prt _ _ 54 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 52 obj _ _ 55 as as SCONJ IN _ 57 mark _ _ 56 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 57 nsubj _ _ 57 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 58 through through ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 63 at at ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 66 after after SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 67 trying try VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 conj _ _ 68 in in ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 obl _ _ 70 to to PART TO _ 71 mark _ _ 71 rid rid VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 67 xcomp _ _ 72 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 71 obj _ _ 73 of of ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 75 det _ _ 75 monster monster NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 78 punct _ _ 77 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 78 det _ _ 78 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 79 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 80 to to PART TO _ 81 mark _ _ 81 save save VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 71 conj _ _ 82 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 83 nmod:poss _ _ 83 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 81 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 86 punct _ _ 85 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 86 aux:pass _ _ 86 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 87 to to PART TO _ 88 mark _ _ 88 consent consent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 86 xcomp _ _ 89 that that SCONJ IN _ 93 mark _ _ 90 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 93 nsubj _ _ 91 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 93 aux _ _ 92 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 93 aux:pass _ _ 93 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 88 advcl _ _ 94 up up ADP RP _ 93 compound:prt _ _ 95 to to ADP IN _ 97 case _ _ 96 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 97 det _ _ 97 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 93 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 98 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | angry *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | past | | the Queen | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Patient | | 3 | **shut up** | participle | myself | | | a great tower | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **guard** | participle | myself *not said here* | | | | | safely *property* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **drive** | past | | the little dwarfs | | King's kingdom | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent dwarf=Theme out kingdom=Trajectory | | 6 | **send** | past | the fairies | a great dragon | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme | | 7 | **eat up** | past | a great dragon | all people | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 8 | **meet** | past | fairy | all people *not said here* | | | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Co-Agent | | 9 | **burnt up** | participle | breath | everything | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **pass** | past | fairy | | | the country | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through country=Location | | 11 | **be** | | the King *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 12 | **try** | gerund | the King *not said here* | | | vain | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 13 | **rid** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | King | | | | of this monster | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Source of monster=Theme | | 14 | **save** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | King's subjects | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 15 | **oblige** | past · passive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: clause=Result | | 16 | **consent** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | | | | | | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 17 | **give up** | should · passive | | I | the fairies | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to fairy=Recipient | 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 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/84/) - next →: [sentence 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/86/) - ↑ back to [The White Cat, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/24/)