--- title: The Queen, who was devoted to her baby, was pleased with what they t… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen, who was devoted to her baby, was pleased with what they told her, and when she looked at Hyacinth again, his nose certainly did not seem to her _quite_ so large. Who acts: Queen, ladies, nose. 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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 (Queen, ladies, nose), 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:pg503:3:21 # text = The Queen, who was devoted to her baby, was pleased with what they told her, and when she looked at Hyacinth again, his nose certainly did not seem to her _quite_ so large. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 devoted devote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 what what PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 15 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 acl:relcl _ _ 17 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 22 advmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 23 at at ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Hyacinth Hyacinth PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 25 again again ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 nose nose NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 29 certainly certainly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 30 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 31 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 32 advmod _ _ 32 seem seem VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 33 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obl _ _ 35 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 quite quite ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 39 punct _ _ 38 so so ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 39 large large ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **devote** | past · passive | | the Queen | | | | to Queen's baby *goal* | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme to baby=Goal | | 2 | **is** | past | the Queen | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | ladies *= lady* | | Queen | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | | 4 | **look** | past | Queen | | | | again | at Hyacinth | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at hyacinth=Theme | | 5 | **not** **seem** | past · do-support | Hyacinth's nose | | Queen | | | certainly *property* | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **be** | | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/22/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)