--- title: The Witch came right up to the Queen, took the child from her and la… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Witch came right up to the Queen, took the child from her and laid it on the deck; then she took the Queen, and stripped her of all her fine clothes, which she proceeded to put on herself, and looked then like a human being. Who acts: Witch, Queen, fine clothes. 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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 (Witch, Queen, fine clothes), 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:pg640:47:20 # text = The Witch came right up to the Queen, took the child from her and laid it on the deck; then she took the Queen, and stripped her of all her fine clothes, which she proceeded to put on herself, and looked then like a human being. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Witch witch NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 right right ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 up up ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 from from ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 deck deck NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 22 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 23 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 stripped strip VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 35 det _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 34 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 nsubj _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj _ _ 39 proceeded proceed VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 acl:relcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 46 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 47 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 46 advmod _ _ 48 like like SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 49 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 advcl _ _ 51 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | the Witch | | | | | up the Queen; right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme up queen=Initial\_Location | | 2 | **take** | past | the Witch *not said here* | the child | | | | from Queen | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent child=Theme from she=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **lay** | past | the Witch *not said here* | child | | the deck | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on deck=Destination | | 4 | **take** | past | Queen | | the Queen | | then | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument queen=Destination | | 5 | **strip** | past | Queen *not said here* | Queen | | | | of Queen's fine clothes | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Theme of clothes=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **proceed** | past | Queen's fine clothes | | | | | | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **put** | to-infinitive | Queen's fine clothes *not said here* | | | | | on Queen | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on herself=Destination | | 8 | **look** | past | Queen *not said here* | | | | then | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/21/) - ↑ back to [The Witch in the Stone Boat(31)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/47/)