--- title: The procession consisted of the Queen, the Princess, five dozen othe… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The procession consisted of the Queen, the Princess, five dozen other princesses her cousins, and ten dozen who came from the neighbouring kingdoms; and as they proceeded at a stately pace the sky began to grow dark, then suddenly the thunder growled, and rain and hail fell in torrents. 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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 (procession, ten dozen, kingdoms, sky), 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:pg540:3:71 # text = The procession consisted of the Queen, the Princess, five dozen other princesses her cousins, and ten dozen who came from the neighbouring kingdoms; and as they proceeded at a stately pace the sky began to grow dark, then suddenly the thunder growled, and rain and hail fell in torrents. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 procession procession NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 consisted consist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 compound _ _ 12 dozen dozen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 13 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 princesses princess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 cousins cousin NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 20 nummod _ _ 20 dozen dozen NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 21 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 neighbouring neighbouring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 32 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 stately stately ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 pace pace NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 38 xcomp _ _ 41 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 43 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 47 advmod _ _ 44 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 thunder thunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nsubj _ _ 47 growled growl VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 rain rain NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 hail hail NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 conj _ _ 53 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 55 torrents torrent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 56 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **consist** | past | the procession | ten dozen | | | | of the Queen and the Princess dozen other princesses and Princess's cousins | tree rules | | 2 | **come** | past | ten dozen | | | the neighbouring kingdoms | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from kingdom=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **proceed** | past | kingdoms *= kingdom* | | | | | at a stately pace | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **begin** | past | the sky | a stately pace *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grow** | to-infinitive | the sky *not said here* | | | | | dark *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **growl** | past | the thunder | | | | then | suddenly *property* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fall** | past | rain and hail | | | torrents | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in torrent=Location | 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 70](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/70/) - next →: [sentence 72](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/72/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/3/)