--- title: ‘Well, if she is as beautiful as that, I will have her for my Queen,… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘Well, if she is as beautiful as that, I will have her for my Queen,’ said the King, and he commanded the youth to go home and fetch her without a moment’s delay, and to lose no time in coming back. Who acts: woman, I, King. 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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 (woman, I, King), 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:pg540:47:50 # text = ‘Well, if she is as beautiful as that, I will have her for my Queen,’ said the King, and he commanded the youth to go home and fetch her without a moment’s delay, and to lose no time in coming back. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Well well INTJ UH _ 14 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 as as ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 advcl _ _ 9 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 ccomp _ _ 15 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ 21 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 26 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 27 commanded command VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 youth youth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 to to PART TO _ 31 mark _ _ 31 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 xcomp _ _ 32 home home ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 fetch fetch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 35 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ _ 36 without without ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 delay delay NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 lose lose VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 21 parataxis _ _ 45 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 46 det _ _ 46 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 in in SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 48 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 44 advcl _ _ 49 back back ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | woman | | | | | as that; beautiful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | future | I | woman | | | | for my Queen | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the King | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **command** | past | King | the youth | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent youth=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **go** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | King *not said here* | | | | | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **fetch** | infinitive | King *not said here* | woman | | | | without a moment's delay | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 7 | **lose** | to-infinitive | | | | | time | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **come back** | gerund | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/51/) - ↑ back to [Bushy Bride](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/47/)