--- title: Now, the foolish Queen had one little son who was just going to be c… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Now, the foolish Queen had one little son who was just going to be christened, and for several months she had been hard at work preparing an enormous list of the names of those who were to be invited, but she quite forgot that it would take nearly as long to read it over as it had taken to write it --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/4/) [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 Green Fairy Book](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/) / [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/) / 4 # The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 4 Now, the foolish Queen had one little son who was just going to be christened, and for several months she had been hard at work preparing an enormous list of the names of those who were to be invited, but she quite forgot that it would take nearly as long to read it over as it had taken to write it out. **Who acts:** foolish Queen, one little son, Queen, work, it · **What happens:** have, go, christen, be, prepare, invite · **To what, where:** one little son, several months, work, enormous list, list, it This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (foolish Queen, one little son, Queen, work), 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:pg7277:14:4 # text = Now, the foolish Queen had one little son who was just going to be christened, and for several months she had been hard at work preparing an enormous list of the names of those who were to be invited, but she quite forgot that it would take nearly as long to read it over as it had taken to write it out. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 foolish foolish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 8 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 13 nsubj _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 13 going go VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 christened christen VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 months month NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 22 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 24 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 cop _ _ 25 hard hard ADV RB Degree=Pos 27 advmod _ _ 26 at at ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 acl:relcl _ _ 28 preparing prepare VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 27 acl _ _ 29 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 enormous enormous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 list list NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 34 nmod _ _ 37 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 40 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 43 but but CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 45 quite quite ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 conj _ _ 47 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 48 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 49 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 50 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 46 xcomp _ _ 51 nearly nearly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 52 as as ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 50 advmod _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 read read VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 50 advcl _ _ 56 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 over over ADP RP _ 55 compound:prt _ _ 58 as as SCONJ IN _ 61 mark _ _ 59 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 61 nsubj:pass _ _ 60 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 61 aux _ _ 61 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 advcl _ _ 62 to to PART TO _ 63 mark _ _ 63 write write VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 61 advcl _ _ 64 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 63 obj _ _ 65 out out ADP RP _ 63 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the foolish Queen | one little son | | | now; month | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | | 2 | **go** | past · progressive | one little son | | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **christen** | to-infinitive · passive | one little son *not said here* | | | | | | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP» | | 4 | **is** | past · perfect | Queen | several months *not said here* | | work | | hard *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **prepare** | gerund | work *not said here* | a enormous list of the names of those | | | | | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Patient | | 6 | **invite** | past · passive | work *not said here* | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 7 | **forget** | past | Queen | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **not** **take** | would | it | | | | | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **read over** | to-infinitive | | list | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 10 | **take** | past · perfect · passive | | it | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 11 | **write out** | to-infinitive | | list | | | | | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 12 | **list** | | | the names of those | | | | | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 13 | **name** | | | those | | | | | nom name «communication 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:** «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/5/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/14/)