--- title: But if you wish to see the Flower Queen’s daughter go up the second… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But if you wish to see the Flower Queen’s daughter go up the second mountain: the Dragon’s old mother lives there, and she has a ball every night, to which the Flower Queen’s daughter goes regularly.’ Who acts: you, old mother, mother, daughter. 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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 (you, old mother, mother, daughter), 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:pg640:34:36 # text = But if you wish to see the Flower Queen’s daughter go up the second mountain: the Dragon’s old mother lives there, and she has a ball every night, to which the Flower Queen’s daughter goes regularly.’ 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 wish wish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Flower Flower PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 12 go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 13 up up ADP RP _ 12 compound:prt _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 16 amod _ _ 16 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 Dragon Dragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ’s 's PART POS _ 19 case _ _ 21 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 23 lives live VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 24 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 32 det _ _ 32 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 Flower Flower PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 compound _ _ 38 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 39 ’s 's PART POS _ 38 case _ _ 40 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 41 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 42 regularly regularly ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wish** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the Flower Queen's daughter | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus | | 3 | **go up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the second mountain | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient mountain=Extent | | 4 | **live** | present | the Dragon's old mother | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **have** | present | mother | a ball | | | night | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Patient | | 6 | **go** | present | the Flower Queen's daughter | | | | | regularly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to which=Initial\_Location | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/37/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Queen’s Daughter(23)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/)