--- title: The Queen, not knowing what to do, for she saw it would be dangerous… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen, not knowing what to do, for she saw it would be dangerous to try to go down, broke the second egg, and out came a chariot, drawn by two white doves, and Fiordelisa got into it, and was floated softly away. Who acts: Queen, it, Fiordelisa. 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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, it, Fiordelisa), 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:pg7277:4:87 # text = The Queen, not knowing what to do, for she saw it would be dangerous to try to go down, broke the second egg, and out came a chariot, drawn by two white doves, and Fiordelisa got into it, and was floated softly away. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 knowing know VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 6 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 8 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 for for SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 16 cop _ _ 16 dangerous dangerous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 ccomp _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 try try VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 csubj _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 18 xcomp _ _ 21 down down ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 23 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 26 amod _ _ 26 egg egg NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 out out ADV RB _ 30 advmod _ _ 30 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 parataxis _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 chariot chariot NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 drawn draw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 35 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 38 nummod _ _ 37 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 doves dove NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 41 Fiordelisa Fiordelisa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 conj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 47 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 48 floated float VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 49 softly softly ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 away away ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **know** | gerund | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **do** | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | | 3 | **see** | past | Queen | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | would | it | | | | | dangerous *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **try** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 6 | **go down** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **break** | past | the Queen | the second egg | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer egg=Patient | | 8 | **come** | past | | a chariot | | | | out *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location chariot=Theme | | 9 | **draw** | participle | | a chariot *not said here* | | | | by two white doves | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 10 | **get** | past | Fiordelisa | | | top | | | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into it=Destination | | 11 | **float** | past · passive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V» | 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 86](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/86/) - next →: [sentence 88](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/88/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)