--- title: When his twentieth birthday was passed the Queen thought it was time… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When his twentieth birthday was passed the Queen thought it was time that he should be married, so she commanded that the portraits of several princesses should be brought for him to see, and among the others was a picture of the Dear Little Princess! Who acts: Queen, birthday, time, Prince. 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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, birthday, time, Prince), 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:pg503:3:27 # text = When his twentieth birthday was passed the Queen thought it was time that he should be married, so she commanded that the portraits of several princesses should be brought for him to see, and among the others was a picture of the Dear Little Princess! 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 twentieth twentieth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 birthday birthday NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 12 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ _ 13 that that SCONJ IN _ 17 mark _ _ 14 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj:pass _ _ 15 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 16 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 so so ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 portraits portrait NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 28 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 ccomp _ _ 31 for for SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 32 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 34 mark _ _ 34 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 37 among among ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 picture picture NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 parataxis _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 45 Dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 46 Little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass** | past · passive | | Prince's twentieth birthday | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: subject=Trajectory | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | birthday | time | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **marry** | should · passive | time *not said here* | Prince | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **command** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **bring** | should · passive | | the portraits of several princesses | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | | 7 | **see** | to-infinitive | Prince | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **is a** | past | | a picture | | | | among the others; of the Dear Little Princess | tree rules | | 9 | **portray** | | | several princesses | | | | | nom portrait «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/28/) - ↑ back to [Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/3/)