--- title: Then there came a time when he made war on another King and went awa… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then there came a time when he made war on another King and went away to fight, and then the new Queen thought that she could do what she liked; so she both hungered and beat the King’s daughter and chased her about into every corner. Who acts: King, new Queen, 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 (King, new Queen, 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:pg540:29:5 # text = Then there came a time when he made war on another King and went away to fight, and then the new Queen thought that she could do what she liked; so she both hungered and beat the King’s daughter and chased her about into every corner. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl:unmarked _ _ 6 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 war war NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 to to PART TO _ 17 mark _ _ 17 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 20 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 26 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 27 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 ccomp _ _ 29 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 28 obj _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 liked like VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 both both ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 hungered hunger VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 beat beat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ’s 's PART POS _ 40 case _ _ 42 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 chased chase VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 conj _ _ 45 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 about about ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 47 into into ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 49 det _ _ 49 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | | | | there | then; time | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | King | war | | | | on another King | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Product | | 3 | **go away** | past | | | | | | away *property* | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **fight** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the new Queen | | | | then | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 6 | **do** | could | Queen | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 7 | **like** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 8 | **hunger** | past | Queen | | | | | both *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **beat** | past | Queen *not said here* | the King's daughter | | | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location daughter=Theme | | 10 | **chase** | past | Queen *not said here* | daughter | | every corner | | about *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme into corner=Trajectory | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/6/) - ↑ back to [Kari Woodengown, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/29/)