--- title: She managed, too, to make her figure and general appearance look lik… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She managed, too, to make her figure and general appearance look like the Queen’s, but even her power could not restore the eye she had lost; so she made her lie on the side of the missing eye, in order to prevent the King’s noticing anything. Who acts: Queen, general appearance, power. 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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, general appearance, power), 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:pg540:10:93 # text = She managed, too, to make her figure and general appearance look like the Queen’s, but even her power could not restore the eye she had lost; so she made her lie on the side of the missing eye, in order to prevent the King’s noticing anything. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 managed manage VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 4 too too ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 figure figure NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 appearance appearance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 14 like like ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’s 's PART POS _ 16 case _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 19 but but CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 20 even even ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nsubj _ _ 23 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 24 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 25 advmod _ _ 25 restore restore VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 conj _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 28 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 so so ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 lie lie VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 xcomp _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 missing missing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 eye eye NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 48 mark _ _ 46 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 fixed _ _ 47 to to PART TO _ 48 mark _ _ 48 prevent prevent VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’s 's PART POS _ 50 case _ _ 52 noticing notice VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 advcl _ _ 53 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **manage** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | | Queen's figure | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset figure=Product | | 3 | **look** | present | general appearance | | | | | like the Queen | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **not** **restore** | could | Queen's power | the eye | | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 5 | **lose** | past · perfect | Queen | the eye *not said here* | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Eventuality | | 6 | **make** | past | Queen | power | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **lie** | infinitive | power *not said here* | | | the side of the missing eye | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | | 8 | **prevent** | to-infinitive | power *not said here* | the King | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer king=Theme | | 9 | **notice** | gerund | power *not said here* | anything | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus | | 10 | **figure** | | Queen | | | | | | nom figure «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/92/) - next →: [sentence 94](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/94/) - ↑ back to [Brother and Sister](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/10/)