--- title: The Queen petted and took care of him, but she was so afraid that he… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen petted and took care of him, but she was so afraid that he would get too fat that she consulted the court physician, who said that he was to be fed only upon bread, and was not to have much even of that. Who acts: Queen, prince, court physician. 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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, prince, court physician), 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:pg503:39:125 # text = The Queen petted and took care of him, but she was so afraid that he would get too fat that she consulted the court physician, who said that he was to be fed only upon bread, and was not to have much even of that. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 petted pet VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 6 care care NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 15 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 advcl _ _ 19 too too ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 fat fat ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 21 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 consulted consult VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 compound _ _ 26 physician physician NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 29 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 33 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 34 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 fed feed VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 ccomp _ _ 36 only only ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 bread bread NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 44 advmod _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 45 much much ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 even even ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pet** | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **take** | past | the Queen *not said here* | care of prince | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | queen | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **get** | would | prince | | | | | fat *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **consult** | past | queen | the court physician | | | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent physician=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the court physician | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **feed** | past · passive | | prince | | | | upon bread | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 8 | **not** **have** | past | the Queen *not said here* | that | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 9 | **care** | | prince | | | | | | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/126/) - ↑ back to [Prince Darling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/39/)