--- title: So the Queen in great triumph sent for her waiting women, who dragge… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: So the Queen in great triumph sent for her waiting women, who dragged the unhappy Princess away and shut her up in a garret; they took away all her jewels and her pretty dress, and gave her a rough cotton frock, wooden shoes, and a little cloth cap. Who acts: Queen, women. 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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, women), 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:pg540:24:60 # text = So the Queen in great triumph sent for her waiting women, who dragged the unhappy Princess away and shut her up in a garret; they took away all her jewels and her pretty dress, and gave her a rough cotton frock, wooden shoes, and a little cloth cap. 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 for for SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 women woman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 14 dragged drag VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 acl:relcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 unhappy unhappy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 shut shut VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 21 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 20 compound:prt _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 garret garret NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 27 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 29 away away ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 30 all all ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 pretty pretty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 dress dress NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 conj _ _ 40 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 iobj _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 42 rough rough ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 43 cotton cotton NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 frock frock NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 wooden wooden ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 53 amod _ _ 52 cloth cloth NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ _ 53 cap cap NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **send** | past | the Queen in great triumph | | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | Queen | women | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **drag** | past | women | the unhappy Princess | | | | away *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 4 | **shut up** | past | the Queen in great triumph *not said here* | Princess | | a garret | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 5 | **take away** | past | women *= woman* | Queen's jewels and Queen's pretty dress | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme | | 6 | **give** | past | women *= woman* *not said here* | a rough cotton frock | Princess | | | a little cloth cap *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient frock=Theme | 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 59](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/59/) - next →: [sentence 61](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/61/) - ↑ back to [Graciosa and Percinet, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/24/)