--- title: Queen,” said he, “I know you very well, and I know how much afraid y… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Queen,” said he, “I know you very well, and I know how much afraid you are of the lions; and you are quite right too, for they have eaten many other people: and what can you expect, as you have not any cake to give them?” Who acts: Queen, man, I, you. 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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, man, I, you), 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:pg503:5:35 # text = Queen,” said he, “I know you very well, and I know how much afraid you are of the lions; and you are quite right too, for they have eaten many other people: and what can you expect, as you have not any cake to give them?” 1 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ” " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ 4 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 very very ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 9 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 17 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 18 advmod _ _ 18 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 21 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 lions lion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 cop _ _ 29 quite quite ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ _ 31 too too ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 eaten eat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 30 parataxis _ _ 37 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 38 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 : : PUNCT : _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 45 obj _ _ 43 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 44 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 expect expect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 parataxis _ _ 50 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 52 advmod _ _ 51 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 52 det _ _ 52 cake cake NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 53 to to PART TO _ 54 mark _ _ 54 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 55 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ? ? PUNCT . _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 57 ” " PUNCT '' _ 45 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **know** | present | man | you | | | | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | | 3 | **know** | present | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | present | you | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | present | you | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **eat** | present · perfect | lions *= lion* | many other people | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | | 7 | **expect** | can | you | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | | 8 | **have** | present | you | any cake | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient | | 9 | **give** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | people | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/36/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)