--- title: They embraced and kissed each other, and the Queen went to the King,… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: They embraced and kissed each other, and the Queen went to the King, who was standing by in great astonishment, and began to speak to him, saying, ‘Dearest husband, now I can speak and tell you openly that I am innocent and have been falsely accused.’ Who acts: swans, Queen, I. 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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 (swans, Queen, I), 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:pg640:4:84 # text = They embraced and kissed each other, and the Queen went to the King, who was standing by in great astonishment, and began to speak to him, saying, ‘Dearest husband, now I can speak and tell you openly that I am innocent and have been falsely accused.’ 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 embraced embrace VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 kissed kiss VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 5 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 4 obj _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 18 nsubj _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ 19 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 astonishment astonishment NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 35 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 Dearest dear ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 35 amod _ _ 35 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 40 advmod _ _ 38 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 ccomp _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 tell tell VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 conj _ _ 43 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 42 iobj _ _ 44 openly openly ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 45 that that SCONJ IN _ 48 mark _ _ 46 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 48 nsubj _ _ 47 am be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 48 cop _ _ 48 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 ccomp _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 50 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux _ _ 51 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 53 aux:pass _ _ 52 falsely falsely ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 accused accuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 55 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **embrace** | past | swans *= swan* | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **kiss** | past | swans *= swan* *not said here* | each | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Co-Agent | | 3 | **go** | past | the Queen | | | | | to the King | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to king=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **stand** | past · progressive | | | | | | by great astonishment | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by astonishment=Location | | 5 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | king | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to he=Co-Agent | | 7 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **speak** *speech: other* | can | I | | | | now | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | openly *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent you=Recipient | | 10 | **is** | present | I | | | | | innocent *property* | tree rules | | 11 | **accuse** | present · perfect · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | falsely *property* | vn suspect-81 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING» | 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 83](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/83/) - next →: [sentence 85](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/85/) - ↑ back to [The Six Swans](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/4/)