--- title: ‘And pray,’ said the Queen, her wrath increasing every moment, ‘for… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘And pray,’ said the Queen, her wrath increasing every moment, ‘for whose admiration are you decked out like this, since I have often seen you not half as fine on the most important occasions at Court?’ Who acts: Queen, wrath, I. 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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, wrath, I), 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:pg7277:3:105 # text = ‘And pray,’ said the Queen, her wrath increasing every moment, ‘for whose admiration are you decked out like this, since I have often seen you not half as fine on the most important occasions at Court?’ 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 And and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 pray pray VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 3 punct _ _ 6 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 10 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 wrath wrath NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 increasing increase VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 acl _ _ 13 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 14 det _ _ 14 moment moment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 16 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 for for ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 20 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 decked deck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 ccomp _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 like like ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 27 since since SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 28 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 31 nsubj _ _ 29 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 30 often often ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 conj _ _ 32 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 31 obj _ _ 33 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 34 advmod _ _ 34 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 36 advmod _ _ 35 as as ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 advcl _ _ 37 on on ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 39 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 40 advmod _ _ 40 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 42 at at ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ? ? PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pray** | present | | | | | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **increase** | gerund | Queen's wrath *not said here* | | | | moment | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **deck out** | present · passive | | you | | | | for admiration; like this | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | | 5 | **see** | present · perfect | I | you | | | | often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | 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 104](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/104/) - next →: [sentence 106](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/106/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)