--- title: Then she put on a gorgeous robe of lilac satin lined with blue, and… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then she put on a gorgeous robe of lilac satin lined with blue, and a yellow petticoat trimmed with violet ribbons, and because she had heard that queens always rode into their new dominions, she ordered a horse to be made ready for her to ride. Who acts: Grumbly, yellow petticoat, queens. 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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 (Grumbly, yellow petticoat, queens), 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:pg540:23:53 # text = Then she put on a gorgeous robe of lilac satin lined with blue, and a yellow petticoat trimmed with violet ribbons, and because she had heard that queens always rode into their new dominions, she ordered a horse to be made ready for her to ride. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 gorgeous gorgeous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 robe robe NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 lilac lilac ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 satin satin NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 lined line VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 petticoat petticoat NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj _ _ 19 trimmed trim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 violet violet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 ribbons ribbon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 25 because because SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 heard hear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 29 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 queens queen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nsubj _ _ 31 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 32 advmod _ _ 32 rode ride VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 33 into into ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 dominions dominion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 horse horse NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 ccomp _ _ 45 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 xcomp _ _ 46 for for SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 47 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 48 to to PART TO _ 49 mark _ _ 49 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 45 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **put** | past | Grumbly | | | a gorgeous robe of lilac satin | then | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on robe=Destination | | 2 | **line** | participle | | lilac satin *not said here* | | | | with blue | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blue=Theme | | 3 | **trim** | participle | a yellow petticoat | | | | | with violet ribbons | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with ribbon=Theme | | 4 | **hear** | past · perfect | Grumbly | | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **ride** | past | queens | | | ribbons's new dominions | | always *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into dominion=Trajectory | | 6 | **order** | past | Grumbly | | a horse | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient clause=Topic | | 7 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive · passive | Grumbly *not said here* | | | | | ready *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | | 8 | **ride** | to-infinitive | Grumbly | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/54/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/)