--- title: The Queen immediately took the cards, and, after returning the hen-w… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen immediately took the cards, and, after returning the hen-wife thanks for her kind instruction, went back to the palace, where she was quite uneasy until she got speaking to the King in regard of his children; at last she broke it off to him in a very polite and engaging manner, so that he --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/33/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Red Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/) / [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/) / 33 # The Red Fairy Book, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen., sentence 33 The Queen immediately took the cards, and, after returning the hen-wife thanks for her kind instruction, went back to the palace, where she was quite uneasy until she got speaking to the King in regard of his children; at last she broke it off to him in a very polite and engaging manner, so that he could see no muster or design in it. **Who acts:** Queen, bargain · **What happens:** take, return, go back, be, get, speak · **To what, where:** cards, wife thanks, regard, thanks, bargain, last · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, bargain), 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:pg540:8:33 # text = The Queen immediately took the cards, and, after returning the hen-wife thanks for her kind instruction, went back to the palace, where she was quite uneasy until she got speaking to the King in regard of his children; at last she broke it off to him in a very polite and engaging manner, so that he could see no muster or design in it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 10 after after SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 returning return VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 13 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 thanks thanks NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 17 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 19 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 instruction instruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 22 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 23 back back ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 29 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 31 quite quite ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 uneasy uneasy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 conj _ _ 33 until until SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 36 speaking speak VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 35 xcomp _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 regard regard NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 46 at at ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 last last NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 48 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 50 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obj _ _ 51 off off ADP RP _ 49 compound:prt _ _ 52 to to ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 53 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 obl _ _ 54 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 57 det _ _ 56 very very ADV RB _ 57 advmod _ _ 57 polite polite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 obl _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 engaging engage VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 57 conj _ _ 60 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 62 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 66 mark _ _ 63 that that SCONJ IN _ 62 fixed _ _ 64 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 nsubj _ _ 65 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 66 aux _ _ 66 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 49 conj _ _ 67 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 68 det _ _ 68 muster muster NOUN NN Number=Sing 66 obj _ _ 69 or or CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 design design NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 conj _ _ 71 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 66 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | the Queen | the cards | | | | immediately *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme | | 2 | **return** | gerund | | the wife thanks | | | | for Queen's kind instruction | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme | | 3 | **go back** | past | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | to the palace *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result | | 4 | **is** | past | Queen | | | | | uneasy *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **get** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | gerund | Queen *not said here* | | | regard of bargain's children | | to the King | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent | | 7 | **break off** | past | Queen | thanks | bargain | last | | in a polite | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to he=Result | | 8 | **engage** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | manner | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manner=Patient | | 9 | **see** | could | bargain | no muster or design | | design | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer muster=Stimulus | | 10 | **instruct** | | Queen | | | | | | nom instruction «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 11 | **regard** | | | bargain's children | | | | | nom regard «cognition 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/34/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)