--- title: She had no rest now till she had found out where the King guarded th… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: She had no rest now till she had found out where the King guarded the reel, and then she made some little white shirts, and, as she had learnt from her witch-mother, sewed an enchantment in each of them. Who acts: queen, King. 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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, King), 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:pg640:4:18 # text = She had no rest now till she had found out where the King guarded the reel, and then she made some little white shirts, and, as she had learnt from her witch-mother, sewed an enchantment in each of them. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 6 till till SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 10 out out ADP RP _ 9 compound:prt _ _ 11 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 14 advmod _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 14 guarded guard VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 reel reel NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 21 advmod _ _ 20 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 21 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 det _ _ 23 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 24 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 shirts shirt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 learnt learn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 conj _ _ 33 from from ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 34 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 35 witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 36 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 sewed sew VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 40 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 enchantment enchantment NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 42 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | queen | no rest | | | now | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Patient | | 2 | **find out** | past · perfect | queen | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **guard** | past | the King | the reel | | | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reel=Beneficiary | | 4 | **make** | past | queen | some little white shirts | | | then | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shirt=Product | | 5 | **learn** | past · perfect | queen | | | | | from queen's witch mother | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from mother=Source | | 6 | **sew** | past | queen *not said here* | a enchantment | | each | | | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent enchantment=Theme in each=Destination | 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 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/17/) - next →: [sentence 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/19/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/)