--- title: The Queen came out upon the balcony with threats and haughty words,… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen came out upon the balcony with threats and haughty words, so that at last they lost their patience, and broke open the doors of the palace, one of which fell back upon the Queen and killed her. Who acts: Queen, people, one. 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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, people, one), 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:pg7277:4:45 # text = The Queen came out upon the balcony with threats and haughty words, so that at last they lost their patience, and broke open the doors of the palace, one of which fell back upon the Queen and killed her. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 upon upon ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 balcony balcony NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 threats threat NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 haughty haughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 so so SCONJ IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 fixed _ _ 16 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 patience patience NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 open open VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 doors door NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 35 nsubj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 35 nsubj _ _ 35 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 acl:relcl _ _ 36 back back ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 killed kill VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 42 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come out** | past | the Queen | | | | | upon the balcony with threats and haughty words; out *property* | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **lose** | past | people | people's patience | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patience=Eventuality | | 3 | **break** | past | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **open** | infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | the doors of the palace | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme | | 5 | **fall back** | past | one | | | | | upon the Queen | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon queen=Location | | 6 | **kill** | past | one *not said here* | Queen | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/46/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)