--- title: Her daughter was at hand, too, and between them they carried the Que… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Her daughter was at hand, too, and between them they carried the Queen, who was still very weak, into the bath-room and laid her in the bath; then they locked the door and ran away. Who acts: daughter, adventures, Queen. 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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 (daughter, adventures, Queen), 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:pg540:10:90 # text = Her daughter was at hand, too, and between them they carried the Queen, who was still very weak, into the bath-room and laid her in the bath; then they locked the door and ran away. 1 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 too too ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 10 between between ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 obl _ _ 12 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 18 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 cop _ _ 19 still still ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 20 very very ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 into into ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 25 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 bath bath NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 35 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 37 advmod _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 37 locked lock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 42 away away ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | water's daughter | | | hand | | | tree rules | | 2 | **carry** | past | adventures *= adventure* | the Queen | | the bath room | | between adventures *= adventure* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | the Queen | | | | still | weak *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **lay** | past | adventures *= adventure* *not said here* | Queen | | the bath | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in bath=Destination | | 5 | **lock** | past | adventures *= adventure* | the door | | | then | | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient | | 6 | **run away** | past | adventures *= adventure* *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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 89](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/89/) - next →: [sentence 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/91/) - ↑ back to [Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/)