--- title: As soon as the Queen had finished her speech Hermod replied that he… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the Queen had finished her speech Hermod replied that he also laid a spell on her, and that was, that as soon as he was freed from her enchantments she should become a rat and her daughter a mouse, and fight with each other in the hall until he killed them with his sword. 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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, speech, that), 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:pg640:49:25 # text = As soon as the Queen had finished her speech Hermod replied that he also laid a spell on her, and that was, that as soon as he was freed from her enchantments she should become a rat and her daughter a mouse, and fight with each other in the hall until he killed them with his sword. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 11 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 finished finish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 speech speech NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 Hermod Hermod PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 11 replied reply VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 14 also also ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 laid lay VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 spell spell NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 22 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 nsubj _ _ 23 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 obj _ _ 26 as as ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 37 advmod _ _ 28 as as SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux:pass _ _ 31 freed free VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 advcl _ _ 32 from from ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 34 enchantments enchantment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obl _ _ 35 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 nsubj _ _ 36 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 37 aux _ _ 37 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 rat rat NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 xcomp _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 conj _ _ 43 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 mouse mouse NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 fight fight VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 48 with with ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 47 obl _ _ 50 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 fixed _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ _ 54 until until SCONJ IN _ 56 mark _ _ 55 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 advcl _ _ 57 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 with with ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 60 nmod:poss _ _ 60 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **finish** | past · perfect | the Queen | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **reply** *speech: assert* | past | Queen's speech | | | | | soon *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lay** | past | speech | a spell | | | | on Queen | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on she=Destination | | 4 | **free** | past · passive | | speech | | Queen's enchantments | | | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Source | | 5 | **is** | should · past | that | a rat and Queen's daughter a mouse | | | | become, soon *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **fight** | present | Queen's speech *not said here* | | | the hall | | with each | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with each=Co-Agent | | 7 | **kill** | past | speech | rat | | | | with Hermod's sword | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent they=Patient with sword=Instrument | | 8 | **speak** | | Queen | | | | | | nom speech «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **enchant** | | Queen | | | | | | nom enchantment «feeling 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 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/24/) - next →: [sentence 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/26/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)