--- title: They carried her back to the palace and put her to bed, but as soon… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They carried her back to the palace and put her to bed, but as soon as she recovered enough to be able to speak, she began to scold and rage, and declared that the whole affair was Graciosa’s fault, that she had contrived it on purpose to try and get rid of her, and that if the King would not have h --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/91/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [Graciosa and Percinet, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/) / 91 # The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1, sentence 91 They carried her back to the palace and put her to bed, but as soon as she recovered enough to be able to speak, she began to scold and rage, and declared that the whole affair was Graciosa’s fault, that she had contrived it on purpose to try and get rid of her, and that if the King would not have her punished, she would go back to her castle and enjoy her riches by herself. **Who acts:** clothes, bride, whole affair, King · **What happens:** carry back, put, recover, be, speak, begin · **To what, where:** bride, palace, fault, purpose, riches · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (clothes, bride, whole affair, King), 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:pg540:23:91 # text = They carried her back to the palace and put her to bed, but as soon as she recovered enough to be able to speak, she began to scold and rage, and declared that the whole affair was Graciosa’s fault, that she had contrived it on purpose to try and get rid of her, and that if the King would not have her punished, she would go back to her castle and enjoy her riches by herself. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 carried carry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 back back ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 10 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 bed bed NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 14 but but CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 15 as as ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 19 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 recovered recover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 20 enough enough ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 cop _ _ 23 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 advcl _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 scold scold VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 rage rage VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 affair affair NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 cop _ _ 41 Graciosa Graciosa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 fault fault NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 contrived contrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 conj _ _ 49 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 48 obj _ _ 50 on on ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 48 advcl _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 53 conj _ _ 56 rid rid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 xcomp _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 58 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 61 that that SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 62 if if SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 63 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 64 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 67 nsubj _ _ 65 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 67 aux _ _ 66 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 67 advmod _ _ 67 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 68 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 punished punish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 73 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 69 punct _ _ 71 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 73 nsubj _ _ 72 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 73 aux _ _ 73 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 68 parataxis _ _ 74 back back ADV RB _ 73 advmod _ _ 75 to to ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 obl _ _ 78 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 79 enjoy enjoy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 73 conj _ _ 80 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 obj _ _ 82 by by ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 83 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **carry back** | past | clothes | bride | | the palace | | | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination | | 2 | **put** | infinitive | clothes *not said here* | | bride | | | to bed | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal | | 3 | **recover** | past | bride | | | | | enough, soon *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | to-infinitive | bride *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | bride *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **begin** | past | bride | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **scold** | to-infinitive | bride *not said here* | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **rage** | infinitive | bride *not said here* | | | | | | vn entity\_specific\_modes\_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | clothes *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **is a** | past | the whole affair | Graciosa's fault | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **contrive** | past · perfect · passive | | bride | | purpose | | | tree rules | | 12 | **try** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 13 | **get** | infinitive | | | | | | rid *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 14 | **not** **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | would | the King | bride | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent her=Patient | | 15 | **punish** | participle | bride *not said here* | | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 16 | **go back** | would | bride | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | | 17 | **enjoy** | infinitive | bride *not said here* | bride's riches | | | | by bride | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rich=Stimulus | 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 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/90/) - next →: [sentence 92](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/92/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/23/)