--- title: The queen had then to tell him this much of the story, that it had b… — The Pink Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The queen had then to tell him this much of the story, that it had been foretold that it would cause great sorrow and misfortune if either he or she got a sight of the child until it had completed its fourteenth year. Who acts: queen, course, child. 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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, course, child), 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:pg5615:6:89 # text = The queen had then to tell him this much of the story, that it had been foretold that it would cause great sorrow and misfortune if either he or she got a sight of the child until it had completed its fourteenth year. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 obj _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 story story NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 foretold foretell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 19 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 cause cause VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 advcl _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 sorrow sorrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 misfortune misfortune NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 27 if if SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 28 either either CCONJ CC _ 32 cc:preconj _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 advcl _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sight sight NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 until until SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 completed complete VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 advcl _ _ 42 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 43 fourteenth fourteenth ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the queen | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | to-infinitive | the queen *not said here* | this much of the story | child | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient much=Topic | | 3 | **foretell** | past · perfect · passive | | course | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **cause** | would | course | great sorrow and misfortune | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition sorrow=Patient | | 5 | **get** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | child | a sight of the child | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus | | 6 | **complete** | past · perfect · passive | | course | | | year | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 7 | **sight** | | | the child | | | | | nom sight «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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/88/) - next →: [sentence 90](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/90/) - ↑ back to [The Pink Fairy Book, part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg5615/6/)