--- title: The “good queen” lived in a country which was far away, but was able… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: The “good queen” lived in a country which was far away, but was able to keep herself well-informed of all that went on, and she knew what the wicked queen desired. Who acts: good queen, country, Queen. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Openin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/125/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/) / 125 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 125 The “good queen” lived in a country which was far away, but was able to keep herself well-informed of all that went on, and she knew what the wicked queen desired. **Who acts:** good queen, country, Queen · **What happens:** live, be, keep, inform, go on, know · **To what, where:** country, Queen, wicked queen This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (good queen, country, Queen), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:18:128 # text = The “good queen” lived in a country which was far away, but was able to keep herself well-informed of all that went on, and she knew what the wicked queen desired. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 “ " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ” " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 12 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 13 advmod _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 9 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 17 able able ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 19 obj _ _ 21 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 23 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 informed inform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 advcl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 23 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 on on ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 parataxis _ _ 33 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 ccomp _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 wicked wicked ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 37 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the good queen | | | a country | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location | | 2 | **is** | past | a country | | | | | away, far *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is** | past | the good queen *not said here* | | | | | able *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the good queen *not said here* | Queen | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herself=Theme | | 5 | **inform** *speech: other* | participle | the good queen *not said here* | | | | | of all; well *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent of all=Topic | | 6 | **go on** | past | | | | | | | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **know** | past | Queen | | | | | what the wicked queen *ccomp* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **desire** | participle | | the wicked queen *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | 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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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 124](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/124/) - next →: [sentence 126](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/126/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/18/)