--- title: One day when the Queen was at church, and the two children sat and p… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: One day when the Queen was at church, and the two children sat and played with their father, he gazed again full of grief on the stone statue, and sighing, wailed: “Oh, if I could only restore you to life, my most trusty John!” Who acts: Queen, two children, king. 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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, two children, 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:pg503:41:105 # text = One day when the Queen was at church, and the two children sat and played with their father, he gazed again full of grief on the stone statue, and sighing, wailed: “Oh, if I could only restore you to life, my most trusty John!” 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 church church NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj _ _ 14 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 gazed gaze VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 23 again again ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 27 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 stone stone NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 compound _ _ 30 statue statue NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 sighing sigh VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 wailed wail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 : : PUNCT : _ 44 punct _ _ 37 “ " PUNCT `` _ 44 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 44 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 if if SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 41 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 only only ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 35 ccomp _ _ 45 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 49 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 50 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 51 advmod _ _ 51 trusty trusty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 John John PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ! ! PUNCT . _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 54 ” " PUNCT '' _ 44 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Queen | | | church | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sit** | past | the two children | | | | day | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **play** | past | the two children *not said here* | | | | | with children's father | vn play-114.2-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with father=Co-Agent | | 4 | **gaze** | past | king | | | | | on the stone statue; full *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on statue=Theme | | 5 | **sigh** | gerund | | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wail** | past | the two children *not said here* | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **restore** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | could | king | you | life | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Theme to life=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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/106/) - ↑ back to [Trusty John](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/41/)