--- title: This strange voice so frightened the Queen that she took the letter… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: This strange voice so frightened the Queen that she took the letter and went away hastily with Turritella, and they held a council to try and devise some means of finding out what Fairy or Enchanter was favouring the Princess. Who acts: strange voice, voice, letters, some. 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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 (strange voice, voice, letters, some), 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:pg7277:3:115 # text = This strange voice so frightened the Queen that she took the letter and went away hastily with Turritella, and they held a council to try and devise some means of finding out what Fairy or Enchanter was favouring the Princess. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 frightened frighten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 letter letter NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 16 hastily hastily ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 21 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 held hold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 devise devise VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 29 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 30 nsubj _ _ 30 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 28 ccomp _ _ 31 of of SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 finding find VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 30 ccomp _ _ 33 out out ADP RP _ 32 compound:prt _ _ 34 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 39 obj _ _ 35 Fairy Fairy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 or or CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 Enchanter Enchanter PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 conj _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 favouring favour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 conj _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Princess Princess PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **frighten** | past | this strange voice | the Queen | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus queen=Experiencer | | 2 | **take** | past | voice | the letter | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme | | 3 | **go away** | past | voice *not said here* | | | | | with Turritella; away, hastily *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with turritella=Beneficiary | | 4 | **hold** | past | letters *= letter* | a council | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Theme | | 5 | **try** | to-infinitive | letters *= letter* *not said here* | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **devise** | infinitive | letters *= letter* *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **mean** | present | some | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 8 | **find out** | gerund | | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | | 9 | **favour** | past · progressive | Fairy or Enchanter | the Princess | | | | | tree rules | 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 114](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/114/) - next →: [sentence 116](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/116/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)