--- title: At length the Queen, having some business with the hen-wife, went he… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: At length the Queen, having some business with the hen-wife, went herself to her, and, after a long conference passed, was taking leave of her, when the hen-wife prayed that if ever she should come back to her again she might break her neck. Who acts: length, long conference, hen wife, wife. 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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 (length, long conference, hen wife, wife), 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:pg540:8:14 # text = At length the Queen, having some business with the hen-wife, went herself to her, and, after a long conference passed, was taking leave of her, when the hen-wife prayed that if ever she should come back to her again she might break her neck. 1 At at ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 business business NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 11 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 12 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 15 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 16 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 15 obl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 after after ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 conference conference NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 26 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 aux _ _ 29 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 30 leave leave NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 34 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 39 advmod _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 36 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 37 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 39 prayed pray VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 52 advcl _ _ 40 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 42 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 45 advmod _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 45 aux _ _ 45 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 ccomp _ _ 46 back back ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 49 again again ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 50 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 51 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 52 aux _ _ 52 break break VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 29 conj _ _ 53 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 neck neck NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | length *not said here* | some business | | | | with the hen wife | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past | | Queen | Queen | length | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **pass** | participle | | a long conference *not said here* | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **take** | past · progressive | a long conference | leave of Queen | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | | 5 | **pray** | past | the hen wife | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 6 | **come back** | should | wife | | Queen | | ever; again | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to she=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **break** | might | wife | Queen's neck | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer neck=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/15/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)