--- title: The squire was delighted, and promised all she asked; but the moment… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The squire was delighted, and promised all she asked; but the moment he had run off to announce his success to the King, the false waiting-woman went and told the Queen all that had passed. Who acts: squire, Fiordelisa, false waiting woman, that. 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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 (squire, Fiordelisa, false waiting woman, that), 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:pg7277:2:76 # text = The squire was delighted, and promised all she asked; but the moment he had run off to announce his success to the King, the false waiting-woman went and told the Queen all that had passed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 squire squire NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 delighted delighted ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 promised promise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 8 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 7 obj _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ _ 12 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl:unmarked _ _ 15 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 16 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 aux _ _ 17 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 14 acl:relcl _ _ 18 off off ADP RP _ 17 compound:prt _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 announce announce VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 advcl _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 success success NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 20 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 28 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 29 waiting waiting NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 conj _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 iobj _ _ 37 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 40 det:predet _ _ 38 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 40 nsubj _ _ 39 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 34 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the squire | | | | | delighted *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **promise** *speech: promise* | past | the squire *not said here* | all | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent all=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Fiordelisa | | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **run off** | past · perfect | squire | the moment *not said here* | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme moment=Trajectory | | 5 | **announce** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | squire *not said here* | squire's success | the King | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent success=Theme to king=Recipient | | 6 | **go** | past | the false waiting woman | | | | moment | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the false waiting woman *not said here* | | the Queen | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient clause=Topic | | 8 | **pass** | past · perfect | that | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/77/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)