--- title: The Queen, more jealous with them than ever, thought it an age until… — The Red Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen, more jealous with them than ever, thought it an age until all the feasting and rejoicing was over, that she might get making her proposal, depending greatly on the power of the hen-wife’s cards. Who acts: Queen, feasting. 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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, feasting), 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:pg540:8:36 # text = The Queen, more jealous with them than ever, thought it an age until all the feasting and rejoicing was over, that she might get making her proposal, depending greatly on the power of the hen-wife’s cards. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 jealous jealous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obl _ _ 8 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 11 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 xcomp _ _ 15 until until SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 16 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 18 det:predet _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 feasting feasting NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 rejoicing rejoicing NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 cop _ _ 22 over over ADV RB _ 11 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 that that SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 27 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 conj _ _ 28 making make VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 xcomp _ _ 29 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 proposal proposal NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 depending depend VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 advcl _ _ 33 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 on on ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 hen hen NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 40 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 42 ’s 's PART POS _ 41 case _ _ 43 cards card NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | past | the Queen | esteem | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | | 2 | **is** | past | all feasting and rejoicing | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **get** | might | Queen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 4 | **make** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | Queen's proposal | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset proposal=Product | | 5 | **depend** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | | | | | on the power of the hen wife's cards; greatly *property* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on power=Theme | | 6 | **propose** | | Queen | | | | | | nom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/37/) - ↑ back to [The Black Thief and Knight of the Glen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg540/8/)