--- title: He eagerly inquired whose it was, and the Queen, with many tears, to… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: He eagerly inquired whose it was, and the Queen, with many tears, told him it was all that was left her of her beloved daughter, who had suddenly been carried off, she knew neither where nor how. Who acts: King, apartments, 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, apartments, 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:pg640:20:27 # text = He eagerly inquired whose it was, and the Queen, with many tears, told him it was all that was left her of her beloved daughter, who had suddenly been carried off, she knew neither where nor how. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 eagerly eagerly ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 inquired inquire VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 16 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 iobj _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 20 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 21 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 ccomp _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 27 beloved beloved ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 34 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 aux _ _ 32 suddenly suddenly ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 33 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 aux:pass _ _ 34 carried carry VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 acl:relcl _ _ 35 off off ADP RP _ 34 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 39 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 40 cc:preconj _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 38 advmod _ _ 41 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 42 cc _ _ 42 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 40 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **inquire** *speech: other* | past | King | | | | | eagerly *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **be** | past | apartments | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen and many tears | | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **leave** | past · passive | | apartments | | | | of Queen's beloved daughter | vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme she=Attribute | | 5 | **carry off** | past · perfect · passive | | Queen's beloved daughter | | | | suddenly *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **know** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | 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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/28/) - ↑ back to [How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/20/)