--- title: That night the Queen said to the King, that his daughter was so infa… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: That night the Queen said to the King, that his daughter was so infatuated with King Charming, in spite of his never having shown any preference for her, that it was just as well she should stay in the tower until she came to her senses. Who acts: Queen, pleasure, King. 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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, pleasure, 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:pg7277:3:40 # text = That night the Queen said to the King, that his daughter was so infatuated with King Charming, in spite of his never having shown any preference for her, that it was just as well she should stay in the tower until she came to her senses. 1 That that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 infatuated infatuate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 nmod:desc _ _ 18 Charming Charming PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 spite spite NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 24 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 26 advmod _ _ 25 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 aux _ _ 26 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 amod _ _ 27 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 28 det _ _ 28 preference preference NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 32 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 33 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 35 just just ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 36 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 40 advmod _ _ 37 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 36 fixed _ _ 38 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 39 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 40 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 conj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 until until SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 45 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 advcl _ _ 47 to to ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 senses sens NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the Queen | | the King | | night | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient | | 2 | **infatuate** | past · passive | | King's daughter | | spite of King's shown preference for Queen | | with Charming King | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **show** | gerund · perfect | | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **is** | should · past | pleasure | | | the tower | | stay *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **come** | past | Queen | | | Queen's senses | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to sens=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **spite** | | | King's shown preference for Queen | | | | | nom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **prefer** | | King | | | | | for Queen | nom preference «feeling transitive»: poss=agent for=obl | 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 39](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/39/) - next →: [sentence 41](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/41/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/3/)