--- title: The Queen grieved over the sad fate of her sons and refused to be co… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen grieved over the sad fate of her sons and refused to be comforted, so much so that the youngest boy, who was always with her, and whom she had christened Benjamin, said to her one day: Who acts: Queen, youngest boy. 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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, youngest boy), 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:pg540:41:6 # text = The Queen grieved over the sad fate of her sons and refused to be comforted, so much so that the youngest boy, who was always with her, and whom she had christened Benjamin, said to her one day: 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grieved grieve VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 refused refuse VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 14 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 15 aux:pass _ _ 15 comforted comfort VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 17 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ _ 18 much much ADV RB _ 23 advmod _ _ 19 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 23 mark _ _ 20 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 fixed _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 youngest young ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 23 amod _ _ 23 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 25 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 26 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 27 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 29 advmod _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 32 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 35 obj _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 34 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux _ _ 35 christened christen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 36 Benjamin Benjamin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 38 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 41 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 42 nummod _ _ 42 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grieve** | past | the Queen | | | the sad fate of Queen's sons | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **refuse** | past | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **comfort** | to-infinitive · passive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» | | 4 | **is** | past | the youngest boy | | | | | with wife; always *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **christen** | past · perfect · passive | | wife | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | | | | | day | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **fate** | | | Queen's sons | | | | | nom fate «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/7/) - ↑ back to [The Twelve Brothers](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/41/)