--- title: Very soon after this the Queen had a little daughter, who was the mo… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Very soon after this the Queen had a little daughter, who was the most beautiful creature ever seen; all the Fairies of the North were invited to her christening, and warned against the malicious Gorgonzola. Who acts: Queen, little daughter. 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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, little daughter), 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:pg7277:15:65 # text = Very soon after this the Queen had a little daughter, who was the most beautiful creature ever seen; all the Fairies of the North were invited to her christening, and warned against the malicious Gorgonzola. 1 Very very ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 7 advmod _ _ 3 after after ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obl _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 12 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 15 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 16 advmod _ _ 16 beautiful beautiful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 creature creature NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 18 ever ever ADV RB PronType=Ind 19 advmod _ _ 19 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 21 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 23 det:predet _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 Fairies fairy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 North North PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 invited invite VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 35 against against ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 malicious malicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 Gorgonzola Gorgonzola PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | the Queen | a little daughter | | | | soon *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | | 2 | **is a** | past | a little daughter | the beautiful creature | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | participle | | the beautiful creature *not said here* | | | ever | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **invite** | past · passive | | all Fairies of the North | | | | to Queen's christening | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 5 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | against the malicious Gorgonzola | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against gorgonzola=Topic | | 6 | **christen** | | Queen | | | | | | nom christening «act transitive»: 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 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 64](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/64/) - next →: [sentence 66](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/66/) - ↑ back to [Heart of Ice, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/15/)