--- title: But when the third child was taken away, and the Queen was again acc… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But when the third child was taken away, and the Queen was again accused, and could not utter a word in her own defence, the King was obliged to give her over to the law, which decreed that she must be burnt to death. Who acts: law, mother. 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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 (law, mother), 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:pg640:4:76 # text = But when the third child was taken away, and the Queen was again accused, and could not utter a word in her own defence, the King was obliged to give her over to the law, which decreed that she must be burnt to death. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 third third ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 again again ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 19 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 utter utter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 xcomp _ _ 34 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 iobj _ _ 35 over over ADP RP _ 33 compound:prt _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 nsubj _ _ 41 decreed decree VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 42 that that SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 43 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 44 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 burnt burnt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 ccomp _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | past · passive | | the third child | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **accuse** | past · passive | | the Queen | | | again | | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme | | 3 | **not** **utter** *speech: other* | could | | a word | | mother's own defence | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic | | 4 | **oblige** | past · passive | | the King | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **give over** | to-infinitive | | | mother | | | to the law | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to law=Recipient | | 6 | **decree** | past | the law | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **burnt** | must · passive | | mother | | | | to death | tree rules | | 8 | **defend** | | mother | | | | | | nom defence «process transitive»: poss=agent | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/77/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/)