--- title: At this dreadful sight, the poor Queen, who was trembling like a dov… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At this dreadful sight, the poor Queen, who was trembling like a dove when it sees a hawk, cried out as loud as she could, “Oh! dear Mr. Dwarf, Bellissima shall marry you.” Who acts: poor Queen, dove, dear Dwarf. 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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 (poor Queen, dove, dear Dwarf), 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:pg503:5:47 # text = At this dreadful sight, the poor Queen, who was trembling like a dove when it sees a hawk, cried out as loud as she could, “Oh! dear Mr. Dwarf, Bellissima shall marry you.” 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 dreadful dreadful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 trembling tremble VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 like like ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 dove dove NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 16 when when SCONJ WRB _ 18 mark _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 hawk hawk NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 22 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 as as ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 25 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ _ 26 as as SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 30 “ " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 Oh oh INTJ UH _ 35 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ! ! PUNCT . _ 31 punct _ _ 33 dear dear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 34 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod:desc _ _ 35 Dwarf Dwarf PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Bellissima Bellissima PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 flat _ _ 38 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 parataxis _ _ 40 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ” " PUNCT '' _ 39 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tremble** | past · progressive | the poor Queen | | | | | like a dove | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | present | dove | a hawk | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hawk=Stimulus | | 3 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | the poor Queen | | | this dreadful sight | | loud *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **marry** *in a quote* | shall | dear Dwarf Mr. | you | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/46/) - next →: [sentence 48](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/48/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)