--- title: Hermod and Hadvor took but little notice of the Queen and her daught… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Hermod and Hadvor took but little notice of the Queen and her daughter, but, on the other hand, Hadvor and the Queen’s maid, whose name was Olof, were very friendly, and Olof came often to visit Hadvor in her castle. Who acts: Hermod, name, maid, Olof. 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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 (Hermod, name, maid, Olof), 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:pg640:49:21 # text = Hermod and Hadvor took but little notice of the Queen and her daughter, but, on the other hand, Hadvor and the Queen’s maid, whose name was Olof, were very friendly, and Olof came often to visit Hadvor in her castle. 1 Hermod Hermod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 Hadvor Hadvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 notice notice NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 Hadvor Hadvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod:poss _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’s 's PART POS _ 22 case _ _ 27 maid maid NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 29 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 cop _ _ 32 Olof Olof PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 34 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 35 very very ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 friendly friendly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 Olof Olof PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nsubj _ _ 40 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 41 often often ADV RB _ 40 advmod _ _ 42 to to PART TO _ 43 mark _ _ 43 visit visit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 40 advcl _ _ 44 Hadvor Hadvor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 obj _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | past | Hermod and Hadvor | little notice of the Queen and Queen's daughter | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | Olof's name | Olof | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | Hadvor and the Queen's maid | | | the other hand | | friendly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **come** | past | Olof | | | | | often *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **visit** | to-infinitive | Olof *not said here* | Hadvor | | Olof's castle | | | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hadvor=Co-Agent | | 6 | **notice** | | | the Queen and Queen's daughter | | | | | nom notice «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **name** | | Olof | | | | | | nom name «communication 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/22/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)