--- title: This annoyed Her Majesty very much, and she was about to order that… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This annoyed Her Majesty very much, and she was about to order that she should be arrested, when the witch—for she was a witch—with two blows from a wand summoned a chariot of fire drawn by winged dragons, and was whirled off through the air uttering threats and cries. Who acts: Queen, wand, air. 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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, wand, air), 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:pg540:3:12 # text = This annoyed Her Majesty very much, and she was about to order that she should be arrested, when the witch—for she was a witch—with two blows from a wand summoned a chariot of fire drawn by winged dragons, and was whirled off through the air uttering threats and cries. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 annoyed annoyed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 3 Her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 Majesty majesty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 5 very very ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 much much ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 order order VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 xcomp _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 arrested arrest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 20 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 conj _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 — - PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 24 for for ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 cop _ _ 27 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 29 — - PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 30 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 32 nummod _ _ 32 blows blow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 wand wand NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ _ 36 summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 acl _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 winged wing VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 44 amod _ _ 44 dragons dragon NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 whirled whirl VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 49 off off ADP RP _ 48 compound:prt _ _ 50 through through ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 uttering utter VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 52 acl _ _ 54 threats threat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obj _ _ 55 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 56 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 54 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | Queen | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **order** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **arrest** | should · passive | | Queen | | | | | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **is** | past | Queen | | | | | for a witch and two blows from a wand | tree rules | | 5 | **summon** | participle | a wand *not said here* | a chariot of fire | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chariot=Recipient | | 6 | **draw** | participle | | fire *not said here* | | | | by winged dragons | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **wing** | participle | | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **whirl off** | past · passive | Queen *not said here* | | | the air | | | vn coil-9.6 «NP V PP.location»: through air=Destination | | 9 | **utter** *speech: other* | gerund | the air *not said here* | threats and cries | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent threat=Topic | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/13/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/)