--- title: “The Queen, my mother,” replied the Princess, “has lately fallen int… — The Blue Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: “The Queen, my mother,” replied the Princess, “has lately fallen into such deep sadness that I fear that she will die; and I am afraid that perhaps I am the cause of it, for she very much wishes me to be married, and I must tell you truly that as yet I have not found anyone I consider worthy to be m --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/75/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Blue Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/) / [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/) / 75 # The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1, sentence 75 “The Queen, my mother,” replied the Princess, “has lately fallen into such deep sadness that I fear that she will die; and I am afraid that perhaps I am the cause of it, for she very much wishes me to be married, and I must tell you truly that as yet I have not found anyone I consider worthy to be my husband. **Who acts:** Queen, that · **What happens:** reply, fall, fear, die, be, wish · **To what, where:** Princess, such deep sadness, cause, Queen, you, that · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, that), 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:pg503:5:75 # text = “The Queen, my mother,” replied the Princess, “has lately fallen into such deep sadness that I fear that she will die; and I am afraid that perhaps I am the cause of it, for she very much wishes me to be married, and I must tell you truly that as yet I have not found anyone I consider worthy to be my husband. 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ” " PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 9 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 lately lately ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 fallen fall VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 acl:relcl _ _ 17 into into ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 sadness sadness NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 21 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 22 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 fear fear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 parataxis _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 die die VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 30 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 advcl _ _ 33 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 34 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 35 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 36 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 advcl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 42 for for SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 very very ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 much much ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 wishes wish VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 47 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 46 obj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 50 mark _ _ 49 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 50 aux:pass _ _ 50 married marry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 53 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 55 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 32 conj _ _ 56 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 55 iobj _ _ 57 truly truly ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 58 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 obj _ _ 59 as as ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 yet yet ADV RB _ 64 obl _ _ 61 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 64 nsubj _ _ 62 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux _ _ 63 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 64 advmod _ _ 64 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 55 ccomp _ _ 65 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 64 obj _ _ 66 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 67 nsubj _ _ 67 consider consider VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 acl:relcl _ _ 68 worthy worthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 xcomp _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 72 mark _ _ 70 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 72 cop _ _ 71 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 72 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | the Princess | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic | | 2 | **fall** *in a quote* | present · perfect | | the Princess *not said here* | | | | into such deep sadness *result*; lately *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sadness=Result | | 3 | **fear** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **die** *in a quote* | future | queen | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 5 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the Queen *= queen* | | | | | afraid *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | the Queen *= queen* | the cause | | | | of cause; perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **wish** *in a quote* | present | queen | the Queen *= queen* | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **marry** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | must | the Queen *= queen* | | you | | | truly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 10 | **not** **find** *in a quote* | present · perfect | the Queen *= queen* | that | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Theme anyone=Attribute | | 11 | **consider** *in a quote* | present | the Queen *= queen* | | | | | worthy *property* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **is a** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the Queen *= queen* *not said here* | my husband | | | | | tree rules | 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/76/) - ↑ back to [The Yellow Dwarf, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/5/)