--- title: When it was time for the christening of the Princess, the Queen—as s… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When it was time for the christening of the Princess, the Queen—as she always did—sent for all the fairies to be present at the ceremony, and afterwards invited them to a splendid banquet. Who acts: it, 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 (it, 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:pg540:11:2 # text = When it was time for the christening of the Princess, the Queen—as she always did—sent for all the fairies to be present at the ceremony, and afterwards invited them to a splendid banquet. 1 When when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl:unmarked _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 — - PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 as as SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 17 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 18 advmod _ _ 18 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 — - PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 24 det:predet _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 obl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 cop _ _ 27 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 advcl _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ceremony ceremony NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 afterwards afterwards ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 34 invited invite VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 conj _ _ 35 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 banquet banquet NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | it | time | | | | for the christening of the Princess and the Queen | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | past | Queen | | | | | always *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **send** | past | | | | | | for all fairies | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | the ceremony | | present *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **invite** | past | | fairies *= fairy* | | | | to a splendid banquet; afterwards *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **christen** | | | the Princess and the Queen | | | | | nom christening «act transitive»: of=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 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/3/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)