--- title: When she had quenched her thirst, she came straight up to the queen,… — The Violet Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: When she had quenched her thirst, she came straight up to the queen, and said to her: ‘Do not take it evil, noble lady, that I dare to speak to you, and do not be afraid of me, for it may be that I shall bring you good luck.’ Who acts: queen, I, thirst. 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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, I, thirst), 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:pg641:12:6 # text = When she had quenched her thirst, she came straight up to the queen, and said to her: ‘Do not take it evil, noble lady, that I dare to speak to you, and do not be afraid of me, for it may be that I shall bring you good luck.’ 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 quenched quench VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 thirst thirst NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 10 straight straight ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 up up ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 : : PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 25 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 evil evil ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 28 noble noble ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 32 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 dare dare VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 40 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 43 advmod _ _ 42 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 43 cop _ _ 43 afraid afraid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 advcl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 47 for for SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 49 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 50 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 cop _ _ 51 that that SCONJ IN _ 54 mark _ _ 52 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 54 nsubj _ _ 53 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 54 bring bring VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 55 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 54 obj _ _ 56 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 57 amod _ _ 57 luck luck NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 59 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **quench** | past · perfect · passive | | queen | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer thirst=Result | | 2 | **come** | past | queen | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | queen *not said here* | | queen | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to she=Experiencer clause=Topic | | 4 | **not** **take** | infinitive · do-support | | thirst | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument it=Theme lady=Destination | | 5 | **dare** | present | I | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | | you | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to you=Co-Agent | | 7 | **not** **is** | infinitive · do-support | | | | | | of me; afraid *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | shall | thirst | | | | | bring *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **thirst** | | queen | | | | | | nom thirst «state intransitive»: 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/7/) - ↑ back to [The Child Who Came From an Egg](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg641/12/)