--- title: Here the King and Queen were waiting, and they received the Princess… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Here the King and Queen were waiting, and they received the Princess with such joy and kindness that she could not get a word in edgewise, to say how sorry she was for having run away with such a very poor spirited Ambassador. Who acts: King, salutes, 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, salutes, 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:pg540:5:34 # text = Here the King and Queen were waiting, and they received the Princess with such joy and kindness that she could not get a word in edgewise, to say how sorry she was for having run away with such a very poor spirited Ambassador. 1 Here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 received receive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 Princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 joy joy NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 kindness kindness NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 22 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 23 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 acl _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 edgewise edgewise NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 31 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 advmod _ _ 32 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obj _ _ 33 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 35 for for SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 36 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 parataxis _ _ 37 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 xcomp _ _ 38 away away ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 40 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 45 det:predet _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 spirited spirited ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 Ambassador Ambassador PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | past · progressive | the King and Queen | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **receive** | past | salutes *= salute* | the Princess | | | | with such joy and kindness | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | | 3 | **not** **get** | could | Queen | a word | | edgewise | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer word=Stimulus | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | | sorry | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | | 5 | **have** | past · progressive | Queen | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **run away** | participle | Queen *not said here* | | | | | with such poor spirited Ambassador; away *property* | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with ambassador=Material | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/35/) - ↑ back to [The Princess Mayblossom, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/5/)