--- title: As soon as it was light she hastened to the palace, and after being… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: As soon as it was light she hastened to the palace, and after being sent away fifty times by the guards, she got in at last, and saw the thrones set in the great hall for the King and Turritella, who was already looked upon as Queen. Who acts: step, Turritella, guards, thrones. 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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 (step, Turritella, guards, thrones), 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:pg7277:4:99 # text = As soon as it was light she hastened to the palace, and after being sent away fifty times by the guards, she got in at last, and saw the thrones set in the great hall for the King and Turritella, who was already looked upon as Queen. 1 As as ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 hastened hasten VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 14 after after SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 15 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 17 away away ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 18 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 19 nummod _ _ 19 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 26 in in ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 thrones throne NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nsubj _ _ 34 set set VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 ccomp _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 39 for for ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 Turritella Turritella PROPN NNP Number=Sing 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 45 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 48 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux:pass _ _ 47 already already ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 48 looked look VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 49 upon upon ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 as as ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | step | | | | | as light | tree rules | | 2 | **hasten** | past | Turritella | | | the palace | | soon *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to palace=Destination | | 3 | **send away** | gerund · passive | the guards | | | | time | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **get in** | past | Turritella | | | last | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 5 | **see** | past | Turritella *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 6 | **set** | present | the thrones | | | the great hall for the King and Turritella | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in hall=Destination | | 7 | **look** | past · passive | | the King and Turritella | | | | upon Queen | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute | 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 98](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/98/) - next →: [sentence 100](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/100/) - ↑ back to [The Blue Bird, part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/4/)