--- title: The Queen found it so difficult to decide on suitable names for all… — The Green Fairy Book · tree and pragmatics description: The Queen found it so difficult to decide on suitable names for all of them, that until she could settle the matter she chose a special colour for everyone, by which it was known, so that when they were all together they looked like nothing so much as a nosegay of gay flowers. 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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, that, charms), 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:pg7277:8:120 # text = The Queen found it so difficult to decide on suitable names for all of them, that until she could settle the matter she chose a special colour for everyone, by which it was known, so that when they were all together they looked like nothing so much as a nosegay of gay flowers. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 found find VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 decide decide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 acl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 suitable suitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 11 nmod _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 21 nsubj _ _ 18 until until SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 20 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 21 settle settle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 chose choose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 special special ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 colour colour NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obj _ _ 29 for for ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 38 so so SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 46 mark _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 38 fixed _ _ 40 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 44 advmod _ _ 41 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 42 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 43 all all ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 together together ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 45 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 46 nsubj _ _ 46 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 parataxis _ _ 47 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 46 obl _ _ 49 so so ADV RB _ 50 advmod _ _ 50 much much ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 51 as as ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 nosegay nosegay NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ _ 54 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 gay gay ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 flowers flower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **find** | past | the Queen | rose | | | | difficult *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **decide** | to-infinitive | | | | | | on suitable names for all | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on name=Topic | | 3 | **settle** | could | that | the matter | | | | | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme matter=Location | | 4 | **choose** | past | Queen | a special colour | | | | for everyone | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent colour=Theme for everyone=Beneficiary | | 5 | **know** | past · passive | | rose | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 6 | **is** | past | charms *= charm* | | | | | all, together *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **look** | past | charms *= charm* | | | | | like nothing; as a nosegay of gay flowers | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | 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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/121/) - ↑ back to [The Enchanted Watch](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7277/8/)