--- title: As soon as the Queen heard this, she set all her jewellers, tailors,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as the Queen heard this, she set all her jewellers, tailors, weavers, and embroiderers to work upon splendid dresses and ornaments for Turritella, but she told the King that Fiordelisa had no need of anything new, and the night before the King was to arrive, she bribed her waiting woman to s --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/21/) [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/) / [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/) / 21 # The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1, sentence 21 As soon as the Queen heard this, she set all her jewellers, tailors, weavers, and embroiderers to work upon splendid dresses and ornaments for Turritella, but she told the King that Fiordelisa had no need of anything new, and the night before the King was to arrive, she bribed her waiting woman to steal away all the Princess’s own dresses and jewels, so that when the day came, and Fiordelisa wished to adorn herself as became her high rank, not even a ribbon could she find. **Who acts:** Queen, embroiderers, Fiordelisa, night, day, ribbon · **What happens:** hear, set, work, tell, have, be · **To what, where:** this, jewellers, King, need, Fiordelisa, woman · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, 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 (Queen, embroiderers, Fiordelisa, night), 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:pg7277:2:21 # text = As soon as the Queen heard this, she set all her jewellers, tailors, weavers, and embroiderers to work upon splendid dresses and ornaments for Turritella, but she told the King that Fiordelisa had no need of anything new, and the night before the King was to arrive, she bribed her waiting woman to steal away all the Princess’s own dresses and jewels, so that when the day came, and Fiordelisa wished to adorn herself as became her high rank, not even a ribbon could she find. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 13 det:predet _ _ 12 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 jewellers jeweller NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 tailors tailor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 weavers weaver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 20 embroiderers embroiderer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 23 upon upon ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 ornaments ornament NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 conj _ _ 28 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obj _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 39 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 40 det _ _ 40 need need NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 42 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 40 nmod _ _ 43 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 nsubj _ _ 48 before before ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 50 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 to to PART TO _ 53 mark _ _ 53 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 55 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 nsubj _ _ 56 bribed bribe VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 57 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 56 obj _ _ 58 waiting wait VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 56 xcomp _ _ 59 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 steal steal VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 advcl _ _ 62 away away ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 63 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 68 det:predet _ _ 64 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 65 det _ _ 65 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ’s 's PART POS _ 65 case _ _ 67 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 dresses dress NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 70 jewels jewel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 77 punct _ _ 72 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 77 mark _ _ 73 that that SCONJ IN _ 72 fixed _ _ 74 when when SCONJ WRB _ 77 mark _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 nsubj _ _ 77 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 81 cc _ _ 80 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 nsubj _ _ 81 wished wish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 77 conj _ _ 82 to to PART TO _ 83 mark _ _ 83 adorn adorn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 86 advcl _ _ 84 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 83 obj _ _ 85 as as ADV RB _ 86 advmod _ _ 86 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 81 advcl _ _ 87 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 89 nmod:poss _ _ 88 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 89 amod _ _ 89 rank rank NOUN NN Number=Sing 86 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 90 , , PUNCT , _ 97 punct _ _ 91 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 97 advmod _ _ 92 even even ADV RB _ 97 advmod _ _ 93 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 94 det _ _ 94 ribbon ribbon NOUN NN Number=Sing 97 nsubj _ _ 95 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 97 aux _ _ 96 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 97 nsubj _ _ 97 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 89 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 98 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | past | the Queen | this | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 2 | **set** | past | Queen | Queen's jewellers and tailors and weavers | | | | soon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient jeweller=Result | | 3 | **work** | to-infinitive | embroiderers | | | | | upon splendid dresses for Turritella and ornaments | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | Queen | | the King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **have** | past | Fiordelisa | no need of anything | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | | 6 | **is** | past | the night before the King | | | | | arrive *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **bribe** | past | Queen | Fiordelisa | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | | 8 | **wait** | gerund | Queen *not said here* | woman | | | | | tree rules | | 9 | **steal away** | to-infinitive | Queen *not said here* | the Princess's own dresses and jewels | | | | away *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dress=Theme | | 10 | **come** | past | the day | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 11 | **wish** | past | Fiordelisa | | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 12 | **adorn** | to-infinitive | | Queen | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme herself=Destination | | 13 | **become** | past | Fiordelisa *not said here* | Queen's high rank | | | | | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 14 | **not** **find** | could | a ribbon | Queen's high rank *not said here* | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Topic | | 15 | **need** | | | anything | | | | | nom need «state 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 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/20/) - next →: [sentence 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/22/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)