--- title: At last, one evening, as the Queen sat at her spinning-wheel—for the… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At last, one evening, as the Queen sat at her spinning-wheel—for the King was so avaricious that she was made to work day and night—she saw a tiny, pretty little mouse creep out of a hole, and said to it: Who acts: Queen, King, tiny pretty little mouse. 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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 (Queen, King, tiny pretty little mouse), 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:pg540:22:42 # text = At last, one evening, as the Queen sat at her spinning-wheel—for the King was so avaricious that she was made to work day and night—she saw a tiny, pretty little mouse creep out of a hole, and said to it: 1 At at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 5 evening evening NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 sat sit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 13 spinning spinning NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 — - PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 for for SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 21 so so ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 avaricious avaricious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 conj _ _ 23 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj _ _ 25 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 advcl _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 — - PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 36 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 38 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 39 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 creep creep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 ccomp _ _ 42 out out ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 hole hole NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 47 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 49 to to ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 51 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | past | the Queen | | | Queen's spinning wheel | evening | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at wheel=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | the King | | | | | avaricious *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **make** | past · passive | | Queen | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **work** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | | | | day | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **see** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **creep out** | present | a tiny pretty little mouse | a hole | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location hole=Theme | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen *not said here* | | mouse | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to it=Recipient | 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. - 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