--- title: But by the Queen’s orders they would say nothing good of her, but de… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: But by the Queen’s orders they would say nothing good of her, but declared that she was vain, capricious, and bad-tempered; that she tormented her waiting-maids, and that, in spite of all the money that the King gave her, she was so mean that she preferred to go about dressed like a poor shepherdess --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/44/) [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/) / 44 # The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1, sentence 44 But by the Queen’s orders they would say nothing good of her, but declared that she was vain, capricious, and bad-tempered; that she tormented her waiting-maids, and that, in spite of all the money that the King gave her, she was so mean that she preferred to go about dressed like a poor shepherdess, rather than spend any of it. **Who acts:** orders, visit, that, King, Queen · **What happens:** say, declare, be, temper, torment, give · **To what, where:** nothing, waiting maids, spite, money, visit, any · **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 (orders, visit, that, King), 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:pg7277:2:44 # text = But by the Queen’s orders they would say nothing good of her, but declared that she was vain, capricious, and bad-tempered; that she tormented her waiting-maids, and that, in spite of all the money that the King gave her, she was so mean that she preferred to go about dressed like a poor shepherdess, rather than spend any of it. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’s 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 orders order NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 10 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 9 obj _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 declared declare VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 17 that that SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 20 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 22 capricious capricious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 25 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 tempered temper VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 29 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 nsubj _ _ 30 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 31 tormented torment VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 32 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 35 nmod:poss _ _ 33 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 34 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 33 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 35 maids maid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 45 det:predet _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 46 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 49 obj _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nsubj _ _ 49 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 acl:relcl _ _ 50 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 52 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 53 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux _ _ 54 so so ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 conj _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 58 mark _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 preferred prefer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 ccomp _ _ 59 to to PART TO _ 60 mark _ _ 60 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 58 xcomp _ _ 61 about about ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 dressed dress VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 advcl _ _ 63 like like ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 65 poor poor ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 shepherdess shepherdess NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 rather rather ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 70 cc _ _ 69 than than ADP IN _ 68 fixed _ _ 70 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 60 conj _ _ 71 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 70 obj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | would | orders *= order* | nothing | | | | by the Queen's orders | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic | | 2 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | orders *= order* *not said here* | | | | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | past | visit | | | | | vain *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | visit *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **temper** | participle | visit *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **torment** | past | that | visit's waiting maids | | spite of all money | | that *obl* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus maid=Experiencer | | 7 | **give** | past | the King | all money | visit | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient that=Theme | | 8 | **mean** | past | visit | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 9 | **prefer** | past | visit | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 10 | **go about** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | visit *not said here* | | | | | | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 11 | **dress** | participle | visit *not said here* | | | | | like a poor shepherdess; about *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 12 | **spend** | infinitive | visit *not said here* | any | | | | | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Asset | | 13 | **order** | | the Queen | | | | | | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 14 | **spite** | | | all money | | | | | nom spite «feeling 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/45/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)