--- title: Indeed the Queen, whose name was Santorina, was so pretty and so kin… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: Indeed the Queen, whose name was Santorina, was so pretty and so kind-hearted that it would have been a wonder if her husband had not been fond of her, while King Gridelin himself was a perfect bundle of good qualities, for the Fairy who presided at his christening had summoned the shades of all his --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/2/) [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/) / [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/) / 2 # The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 2 Indeed the Queen, whose name was Santorina, was so pretty and so kind-hearted that it would have been a wonder if her husband had not been fond of her, while King Gridelin himself was a perfect bundle of good qualities, for the Fairy who presided at his christening had summoned the shades of all his ancestors, and taken something good from each of them to form his character. **Who acts:** name, it, husband, King, Fairy, Santorina · **What happens:** be, heart, not be, preside, summon, take · **To what, where:** Santorina, wonder, perfect bundle, shades, christening, something This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, 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 (name, it, husband, 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:pg7277:36:2 # text = Indeed the Queen, whose name was Santorina, was so pretty and so kind-hearted that it would have been a wonder if her husband had not been fond of her, while King Gridelin himself was a perfect bundle of good qualities, for the Fairy who presided at his christening had summoned the shades of all his ancestors, and taken something good from each of them to form his character. 1 Indeed indeed ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 Santorina Santorina PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 pretty pretty ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 14 so so ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ _ 15 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 hearted heart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 18 that that SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 20 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 21 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 24 aux _ _ 22 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 24 cop _ _ 23 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 wonder wonder NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 ccomp _ _ 25 if if SCONJ IN _ 31 mark _ _ 26 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 husband husband NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 28 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 aux _ _ 29 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 31 advmod _ _ 30 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 31 cop _ _ 31 fond fond ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 35 while while SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 36 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 37 Gridelin Gridelin PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 flat _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 nmod _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 bundle bundle NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 conj _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 qualities quality NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 49 Fairy fairy NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 appos _ _ 50 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 51 nsubj _ _ 51 presided preside VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 acl:relcl _ _ 52 at at ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 54 christening christening NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obl _ _ 55 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 56 aux _ _ 56 summoned summon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 ccomp _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 shades shade NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 60 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 62 det:predet _ _ 61 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 62 nmod:poss _ _ 62 ancestors ancestor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 56 parataxis _ _ 66 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 65 obj _ _ 67 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 68 from from ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 69 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 65 obl _ _ 70 of of ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 69 nmod _ _ 72 to to PART TO _ 73 mark _ _ 73 form form VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 advcl _ _ 74 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 75 nmod:poss _ _ 75 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Santorina's name | Santorina | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | | | | | | pretty *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **heart** | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is a** | would · perfect | it | a wonder and a perfect bundle | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect | Queen's husband | | | | | of Queen; fond *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** | past | King husband | a perfect bundle | | | | of good qualities | tree rules | | 7 | **preside** | past | the Fairy | | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **summon** | past · perfect | the Fairy *not said here* | the shades of husband's ancestors | | husband's christening | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shade=Recipient | | 9 | **take** | participle | | something | | each | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent something=Theme from each=Initial\_Location | | 10 | **form** | to-infinitive | | husband's character | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location character=Theme | | 11 | **name** | | Santorina | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 12 | **christen** | | husband | | | | | | nom christening «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 13 | **shade** | | | husband's ancestors | | | | | nom shade «state transitive»: of=patient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/3/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/36/)