--- title: Thus fifteen years went by, and the Queen had somewhat recovered fro… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Thus fifteen years went by, and the Queen had somewhat recovered from her grief, when the news reached her that the son of the wicked King wished to marry the little maiden who kept the turkeys, and that she had refused him; the wedding-dresses had been made, nevertheless, and the festivities were t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/110/) [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 Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/) / 110 # The Red Fairy Book, The Little Good Mouse, sentence 110 Thus fifteen years went by, and the Queen had somewhat recovered from her grief, when the news reached her that the son of the wicked King wished to marry the little maiden who kept the turkeys, and that she had refused him; the wedding-dresses had been made, nevertheless, and the festivities were to be so splendid that all the people for leagues round were flocking in to be present at them. **Who acts:** fifteen years, Queen, news, son, little maiden, festivities · **What happens:** go by, recover, reach, wish, marry, keep · **To what, where:** grief, Queen, little maiden, turkeys, son, wedding dresses This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Little Good Mouse. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fifteen years, Queen, news, son), 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:pg540:22:110 # text = Thus fifteen years went by, and the Queen had somewhat recovered from her grief, when the news reached her that the son of the wicked King wished to marry the little maiden who kept the turkeys, and that she had refused him; the wedding-dresses had been made, nevertheless, and the festivities were to be so splendid that all the people for leagues round were flocking in to be present at them. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 fifteen fifteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 somewhat somewhat ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 recovered recover VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 grief grief NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 20 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 news news NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ _ 20 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 29 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 advcl _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 marry marry VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 xcomp _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 maiden maiden NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 35 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 turkeys turkey NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 53 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 wedding wedding NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 49 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 48 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nsubj:pass _ _ 51 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 52 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 55 nevertheless nevertheless ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 57 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 festivities festivity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 nsubj _ _ 60 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 64 cop _ _ 61 to to PART TO _ 64 mark _ _ 62 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 64 cop _ _ 63 so so ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 64 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 xcomp _ _ 65 that that SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 66 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 68 det:predet _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 nsubj _ _ 69 for for ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 70 leagues league NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 nmod _ _ 71 round round ADV RB _ 68 advmod _ _ 72 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 flocking flock VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 advcl _ _ 74 in in ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 75 to to PART TO _ 77 mark _ _ 76 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 77 cop _ _ 77 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 73 ccomp _ _ 78 at at ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 79 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go by** | past | fifteen years | | | | | thus *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **recover** | past · perfect | the Queen | | | Queen's grief | | somewhat *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from grief=Source | | 3 | **reach** | past | the news | Queen | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 4 | **wish** | past | the son of the wicked King | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **marry** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the son of the wicked King *not said here* | the little maiden | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Patient | | 6 | **keep** | past | the little maiden | the turkeys | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turkey=Theme | | 7 | **refuse** | past · perfect | Queen | son | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 8 | **make** | past · perfect · passive | | the wedding dresses | | | | nevertheless *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 9 | **is** | past | the festivities | | | | | splendid *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **flock** | past · progressive | all people for leagues | | | | | | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **is** | to-infinitive | all people for leagues *not said here* | | | | | at people; present *property* | 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 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 109](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/109/) - next →: [sentence 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/111/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)