--- title: So they made a goodly company, and Queen Lona, when she saw them goi… — Indian Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: So they made a goodly company, and Queen Lona, when she saw them going, watched them from her window till she saw nothing but a cloud of dust on the horizon; then she bowed her head on her hands and wept, saying: Who acts: horses, Queen. 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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 (horses, Queen), 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:pg7128:20:105 # text = So they made a goodly company, and Queen Lona, when she saw them going, watched them from her window till she saw nothing but a cloud of dust on the horizon; then she bowed her head on her hands and wept, saying: 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 goodly goodly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 company company NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 9 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 10 Lona Lona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 14 advmod _ _ 13 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 19 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 23 till till SCONJ IN _ 25 mark _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 advcl _ _ 26 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 25 obj _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 cloud cloud NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 dust dust NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nmod _ _ 32 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 horizon horizon NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 38 advmod _ _ 37 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 38 bowed bow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 39 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 on on ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 wept weep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 47 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 : : PUNCT : _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | horses *= horse* | a goodly company | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset company=Product | | 2 | **see** | past | Queen | horses *= horse* | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | gerund | horses *= horse* *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **watch** | past | horses *= horse* *not said here* | horses *= horse* | | Queen's window | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | | 5 | **see** | past | Queen | nothing | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus | | 6 | **bow** | past | Queen | Queen's head | | Queen's hands | then | | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Topic | | 7 | **weep** | past | horses *= horse* *not said here* | | | | | | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | horses *= horse* *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **cloud** | | | dust on the horizon | | | | | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | 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:** «Indian Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7128 (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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/106/) - ↑ back to [Demon With Matted Hair " 196, part 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7128/20/)