--- title: ‘The Queen at last gave me a spindle and about four pounds of hemp u… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: ‘The Queen at last gave me a spindle and about four pounds of hemp upon a distaff, and sent me out to keep the sheep, assuring me that there could not be a pleasanter occupation, and that I could take my ease as much as I pleased. Who acts: Queen, 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, 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:pg7277:38:32 # text = ‘The Queen at last gave me a spindle and about four pounds of hemp upon a distaff, and sent me out to keep the sheep, assuring me that there could not be a pleasanter occupation, and that I could take my ease as much as I pleased. 1 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nmod _ _ 6 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 iobj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 spindle spindle NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 about about ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 hemp hemp NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 upon upon ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 distaff distaff NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 22 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 out out ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 24 to to PART TO _ 25 mark _ _ 25 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 sheep sheep NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 assuring assure VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 30 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 29 obj _ _ 31 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 32 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 29 advmod _ _ 33 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 34 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 35 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 38 cop _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 pleasanter pleasant ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 38 amod _ _ 38 occupation occupation NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 41 that that SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 45 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 ease ease NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ _ 47 as as ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 obj _ _ 49 as as SCONJ IN _ 51 mark _ _ 50 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj _ _ 51 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | the Queen at last | a spindle and four pounds of hemp upon a distaff | me | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient spindle=Theme | | 2 | **send out** | past | the Queen at last *not said here* | me | | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | to-infinitive | the Queen at last *not said here* | the sheep | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme | | 4 | **assure** | gerund | the Queen at last *not said here* | | me | there | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | | 5 | **not** **is a** | could | | a pleasanter occupation | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **take** | could | I | my ease | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument ease=Theme much=Destination | 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 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/31/) - next →: [sentence 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/33/) - ↑ back to [Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/38/)