--- title: The Flower Queen’s daughter was delighted to see him safe and sound,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Flower Queen’s daughter was delighted to see him safe and sound, and when they were dancing together she whispered in his ear: ‘If you succeed again to-morrow, wait for me with the foal in the meadow. Who acts: daughter, Foxes, you. 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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 (daughter, Foxes, you), 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:pg640:34:72 # text = The Flower Queen’s daughter was delighted to see him safe and sound, and when they were dancing together she whispered in his ear: ‘If you succeed again to-morrow, wait for me with the foal in the meadow. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 Flower Flower PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ’s 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 advcl _ _ 10 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 safe safe ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 xcomp _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 sound sound NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 16 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 18 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 dancing dance VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 22 advcl _ _ 20 together together ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 21 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 whispered whisper VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 : : PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 27 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 28 If if SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 30 succeed succeed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 31 again again ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 34 case _ SpaceAfter=No 33 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 36 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 obl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 foal foal NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 meadow meadow NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the Flower Queen's daughter | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | the Flower Queen's daughter *not said here* | King | | | | safe *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | | 3 | **dance** | past · progressive | Foxes *= fox* | | | | | together *property* | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **whisper** *speech: assert* | past | daughter | | | King's ear | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location | | 5 | **succeed** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | again | to morrow | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **wait** | infinitive | | | | the meadow | | for me; with the foal | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in meadow=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 71](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/71/) - next →: [sentence 73](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/73/) - ↑ back to [The Flower Queen’s Daughter(23)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/34/)