--- title: This is no new thing for the Queen; she took me away from my parents… — The Yellow Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This is no new thing for the Queen; she took me away from my parents’ house and compelled me to serve her; but she has never done me any harm, for the green cloak I wear protects me against all mischief. Who acts: This, Queen, I, new thing. 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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 (This, Queen, I, new thing), 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:pg640:49:33 # text = This is no new thing for the Queen; she took me away from my parents’ house and compelled me to serve her; but she has never done me any harm, for the green cloak I wear protects me against all mischief. 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 4 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 11 iobj _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 14 from from ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 16 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ’ 's PART POS _ 16 case _ _ 18 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 compelled compel VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 conj _ _ 21 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 serve serve VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 advcl _ _ 24 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 28 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 29 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 30 advmod _ _ 30 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 conj _ _ 31 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 30 iobj _ _ 32 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 33 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 35 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 cloak cloak NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 39 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 acl:relcl _ _ 41 protects protect VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 42 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 against against ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 45 mischief mischief NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 41 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | This | no new thing | | | | for the Queen | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | past | Queen | | me | | | away *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination | | 3 | **compel** | past | Queen *not said here* | me | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Patient | | 4 | **serve** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | Queen | | | | | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Attribute | | 5 | **not** **do** | present · perfect | Queen | any harm | me | | | for the green cloak | tree rules | | 6 | **wear** | present | I | the green cloak *not said here* | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme | | 7 | **protect** | present | no new thing | | me | | | against all mischief | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary against mischief=Theme | 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 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/32/) - next →: [sentence 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/34/) - ↑ back to [Hermod and Hadvor (32)](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg640/49/)