--- title: It was just at this moment that the Queen and the Fairy arrived in t… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: It was just at this moment that the Queen and the Fairy arrived in the flying chariot, and the Queen was dreadfully distressed at the turn affairs had taken, and said miserably that she was destined to be unfortunate all her days. Who acts: dungeon, 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 (dungeon, 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:pg540:22:172 # text = It was just at this moment that the Queen and the Fairy arrived in the flying chariot, and the Queen was dreadfully distressed at the turn affairs had taken, and said miserably that she was destined to be unfortunate all her days. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 6 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 13 arrived arrive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 14 in in ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 flying fly VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux:pass _ _ 23 dreadfully dreadfully ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 24 distressed distress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 25 at at SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 affairs affair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 34 miserably miserably ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 36 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux:pass _ _ 38 destined destine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 ccomp _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 cop _ _ 41 unfortunate unfortunate ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 xcomp _ _ 42 all all ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 43 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | dungeon | | | | at this moment | | tree rules | | 2 | **arrive** | past | the Queen and the Fairy | | | the flying chariot | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **fly** | gerund | | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **distress** | past · passive | | the Queen | | | | dreadfully *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | | 5 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | the turn affairs | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | | miserably *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **destine** | past · passive | | Queen | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | day | unfortunate *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 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/171/) - next →: [sentence 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/173/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)