--- title: When he got there he declared that he would have the Queen and the l… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When he got there he declared that he would have the Queen and the little Princess hanged on the nearest tree; but his courtiers said that seemed a pity, for when the baby grew up she would be a very nice wife for the King’s only son. Who acts: head, courtiers, baby, 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 (head, courtiers, baby, 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:pg540:22:27 # text = When he got there he declared that he would have the Queen and the little Princess hanged on the nearest tree; but his courtiers said that seemed a pity, for when the baby grew up she would be a very nice wife for the King’s only son. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 4 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 8 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 ccomp _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 17 hanged hange VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 nearest near ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 21 amod _ _ 21 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 courtiers courtier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nsubj _ _ 26 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 28 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 ccomp _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 pity pity NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 33 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 36 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 37 up up ADP RP _ 36 compound:prt _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 39 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 cop _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 45 for for ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ’s be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 conj _ _ 49 only only ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past | head | | | there | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | head | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **have** | would | head | the Queen and the little Princess | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Patient | | 4 | **hange** | participle | | the little Princess *not said here* | | the nearest tree | | | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | head's courtiers | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **seem** | past | | a pity | | | | | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme pity=Attribute | | 7 | **grow up** | past | the baby | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is a** | would | Queen | a nice wife | | | | for the King | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/28/) - ↑ back to [The Little Good Mouse](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/22/)