--- title: She might be a Queen to-morrow if she chose;’ and then she told all… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She might be a Queen to-morrow if she chose;’ and then she told all that had happened, and the Queen first rejoiced over the thought of Delicia’s beauty, and then wept at the idea of her being a Turkey-maiden. Who acts: Princess, Queen, that, idea. 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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 (Princess, Queen, that, idea), 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:pg540:22:146 # text = She might be a Queen to-morrow if she chose;’ and then she told all that had happened, and the Queen first rejoiced over the thought of Delicia’s beauty, and then wept at the idea of her being a Turkey-maiden. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 11 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 17 advmod _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 19 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 20 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 happened happen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 17 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 26 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 27 advmod _ _ 27 rejoiced rejoice VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 28 over over ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 thought thought NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 Delicia Delicia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 33 ’s 's PART POS _ 32 case _ _ 34 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 38 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 39 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 42 of of SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 44 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 48 cop _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 Turkey Turkey PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 47 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 46 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 maiden maiden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | might | Princess | a Queen | | | | to morrow | tree rules | | 2 | **choose** | past | a Queen | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Princess | | | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **happen** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **rejoice** | past | the Queen | | | the thought of Delicia's beauty | | first *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **weep** | past | the Queen *not said here* | | | the idea | then | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | gerund | the idea *not said here* | | | | | maiden *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **think** | | | Delicia's beauty | | | | | nom thought «cognition 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 145](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/145/) - next →: [sentence 147](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/147/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)