--- title: Then he told the sorrowful lady long stories about the good qualitie… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Then he told the sorrowful lady long stories about the good qualities of his departed Queen, and she in her turn recounted all the virtues of her departed husband; and this passed the time so agreeably that the King quite forgot to thump his head against the feather-beds, and the lady did not need t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/9/) [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/) / 9 # The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1, sentence 9 Then he told the sorrowful lady long stories about the good qualities of his departed Queen, and she in her turn recounted all the virtues of her departed husband; and this passed the time so agreeably that the King quite forgot to thump his head against the feather-beds, and the lady did not need to wipe the tears from her great blue eyes as often as before. **Who acts:** King, lady, this · **What happens:** tell, depart, recount, pass, forget, not thump · **To what, where:** sorrowful lady, virtues, turn, head, tears, great blue eyes · **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 (King, lady, this), 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:pg7277:2:9 # text = Then he told the sorrowful lady long stories about the good qualities of his departed Queen, and she in her turn recounted all the virtues of her departed husband; and this passed the time so agreeably that the King quite forgot to thump his head against the feather-beds, and the lady did not need to wipe the tears from her great blue eyes as often as before. 1 Then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 sorrowful sorrowful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 iobj _ _ 7 long long ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 stories story NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 conj _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 qualities quality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 amod _ _ 16 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 turn turn NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 23 recounted recount VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 24 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 29 departed departed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 34 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 33 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 nsubj _ _ 34 passed pass VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 so so ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 38 agreeably agreeably ADV RB _ 34 advmod _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 43 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 quite quite ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 forgot forget VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 45 mark _ _ 45 thump thump VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 43 xcomp _ _ 46 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 against against ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 49 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 50 feather feather NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 51 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 50 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 52 beds bed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nsubj _ _ 57 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 59 aux _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 59 advmod _ _ 59 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 34 advcl _ _ 60 to to PART TO _ 61 mark _ _ 61 wipe wipe VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 59 xcomp _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 tears tear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obj _ _ 64 from from ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 65 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 68 nmod:poss _ _ 66 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 67 blue blue ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 68 amod _ _ 68 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 61 obl _ _ 69 as as ADV RB _ 70 advmod _ _ 70 often often ADV RB _ 61 advmod _ _ 71 as as ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 72 before before ADV RB _ 70 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | King | | the sorrowful lady and long stories about the good qualities of King's departed Queen | | then | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lady=Recipient | | 2 | **depart** | participle | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **recount** *speech: other* | past | lady | all virtues of lady's departed husband | | lady's turn | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent virtue=Topic | | 4 | **pass** | past | this | | | | time | agreeably *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **forget** | past | the King | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **not** **thump** | to-infinitive | the King *not said here* | King's head | | | | against the feather beds | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument against bed=Patient | | 7 | **not** **need** | past · do-support | the lady | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 8 | **wipe** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the lady *not said here* | the tears | | lady's great blue eyes | | often *property* | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tear=Theme from eye=Trajectory | 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/10/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/2/)