--- title: Then the Queen told him all the fairies had foreseen for Rosette, an… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then the Queen told him all the fairies had foreseen for Rosette, and asked what she should do, and the hermit answered that she must shut the Princess up in a tower and never let her come out of it again. Who acts: Queen, fairies, hermit. 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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, fairies, hermit), 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:pg540:11:32 # text = Then the Queen told him all the fairies had foreseen for Rosette, and asked what she should do, and the hermit answered that she must shut the Princess up in a tower and never let her come out of it again. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 10 foreseen foreseen ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Rosette Rosette PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 19 obj _ _ 17 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 hermit hermit NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 answered answer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 shut shut VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 up up ADP RP _ 28 compound:prt _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 36 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 37 advmod _ _ 37 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 38 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obj _ _ 39 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 40 out out ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 obl _ _ 43 again again ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | | hermit | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **have** | past | all fairies | | | | | foreseen *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **do** | should | Queen | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 5 | **answer** *speech: assert* | past | the hermit | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **shut up** | must | Queen | the Princess | | a tower | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | | 7 | **not** **let** | infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | Queen | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **come out** | infinitive | Queen *not said here* | | | | again | of tower; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/33/) - ↑ back to [Princess Rosette](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/11/)