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title: But very soon the wicked King clattered into the room, and in a fury… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics
description: But very soon the wicked King clattered into the room, and in a fury because the Queen would not answer when he called to her, he tore back her silken coverings and tweaked off her lace cap, and when all her lovely hair came tumbling down over her shoulders, he wound it three times round his hand an
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# The Red Fairy Book, The Little Good Mouse, sentence 25

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But very soon the wicked King clattered into the room, and in a fury because the Queen would not answer when he called to her, he tore back her silken coverings and tweaked off her lace cap, and when all her lovely hair came tumbling down over her shoulders, he wound it three times round his hand and threw her over his shoulder, where he carried her like a sack of flour.

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**Who acts:** wicked King, Queen, head, lovely hair · **What happens:** clatter, not answer, call, tore back, tweak, come · **To what, where:** room, fury, Queen, silken coverings, shoulders, hair · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (wicked King, Queen, head, lovely hair), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**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:pg540:22:25
# text = But very soon the wicked King clattered into the room, and in a fury because the Queen would not answer when he called to her, he tore back her silken coverings and tweaked off her lace cap, and when all her lovely hair came tumbling down over her shoulders, he wound it three times round his hand and threw her over his shoulder, where he carried her like a sack of flour.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
2	very	very	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	clattered	clatter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	fury	fury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
16	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
19	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	_	_
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	answer	answer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	acl	_	_
22	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	24	advmod	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	tore	tore	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
30	back	back	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
31	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
32	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	coverings	covering	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	tweaked	tweak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	29	conj	_	_
36	off	off	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
38	lace	lace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
42	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	47	advmod	_	_
43	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	46	det	_	_
44	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	46	nmod:poss	_	_
45	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	_
47	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	advcl	_	_
48	tumbling	tumble	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	47	xcomp	_	_
49	down	down	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
50	over	over	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	shoulders	shoulder	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	wound	woun	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
56	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	obj	_	_
57	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	58	nummod	_	_
58	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	obl:unmarked	_	_
59	round	round	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	61	nmod:poss	_	_
61	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	threw	throw	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	55	conj	_	_
64	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	obj	_	_
65	over	over	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	71	advmod	_	_
70	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	nsubj	_	_
71	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	63	conj	_	_
72	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	71	obj	_	_
73	like	like	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
75	sack	sack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	71	obl	_	_
76	of	of	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	flour	flour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **clatter** | past | the wicked King |  |  | the room |  | in a fury; soon *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in fury=Location |
| 2 | **not** **answer** *speech: assert* | would | the Queen | a fury *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent fury=Eventuality |
| 3 | **call** | past | head |  | Queen |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient |
| 4 | **tore back** | past | head | Queen's silken coverings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **tweak** | participle | head *not said here* |  |  |  |  | off Queen's lace cap | vn touch-20 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **come** | past | Queen's lovely hair |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **tumble down** | gerund | Queen's lovely hair *not said here* |  |  | Queen's shoulders |  | down *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme over shoulder=Initial\_Location |
| 8 | **woun** | past | head | hair |  |  | time | round head's hand | tree rules |
| 9 | **throw** | past | head *not said here* | Queen |  | head's shoulder |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent she=Theme over shoulder=Destination |
| 10 | **carry** | past | head | Queen |  |  |  | like a sack of flour | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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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.

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**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.

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