--- title: So he thought of a plan to get rid of the boy, and this was his plan… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So he thought of a plan to get rid of the boy, and this was his plan: A great Queen of a country not far off was going to be married, and this king said that all his subjects must bring him wedding presents to give her. Who acts: boy, this, great Queen, king. A sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by A --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/18/) [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 Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/) / 18 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Terrible Head, sentence 18 So he thought of a plan to get rid of the boy, and this was his plan: A great Queen of a country not far off was going to be married, and this king said that all his subjects must bring him wedding presents to give her. **Who acts:** boy, this, great Queen, king, subjects · **What happens:** think, get, be, not go, marry, say · **To what, where:** plan, wedding presents, boy, Queen · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Terrible Head. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, this, great 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:pg503:27:18 # text = So he thought of a plan to get rid of the boy, and this was his plan: A great Queen of a country not far off was going to be married, and this king said that all his subjects must bring him wedding presents to give her. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 15 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 18 nsubj _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 19 : : PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nsubj _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 26 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 27 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 28 advmod _ _ 28 off off ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 parataxis _ _ 31 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 32 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 40 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 42 det:predet _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 nsubj _ _ 43 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 ccomp _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 44 conj _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | boy | | | | | of a plan | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | boy *not said here* | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **is a** | past | this | boy's plan | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **go** | past · progressive | a great Queen of a country | | | | | off *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **marry** | to-infinitive · passive | a great Queen of a country *not said here* | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | this king | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **bring** | must | boy's subjects | wedding presents | boy | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination present=Theme | | 8 | **give** | to-infinitive | boy's subjects *not said here* | | Queen | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/19/) - ↑ back to [The Terrible Head](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/27/)