--- title: The queen knew from this that the lassie had had something to eat, s… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The queen knew from this that the lassie had had something to eat, so watched the next morning and sent her away fasting; but the princess saw some country-folk picking peas by the roadside, and being very kind she spoke to them and took a handful of the peas, which she ate by the way. 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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, lassie, princess, country folk), 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:pg7439:43:11 # text = The queen knew from this that the lassie had had something to eat, so watched the next morning and sent her away fasting; but the princess saw some country-folk picking peas by the roadside, and being very kind she spoke to them and took a handful of the peas, which she ate by the way. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 knew know VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 obl _ _ 6 that that SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 lassie lassie NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 9 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 11 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 10 obj _ _ 12 to to PART TO _ 13 mark _ _ 13 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 so so ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 watched watch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl:unmarked _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 sent send VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 22 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 21 obj _ _ 23 away away ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 24 fasting fast VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 21 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 31 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 folk folk NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 34 picking pick VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 acl _ _ 35 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obj _ _ 36 by by ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 roadside roadside NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 41 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 cop _ _ 42 very very ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 43 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 conj _ _ 44 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 parataxis _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 conj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 handful handful NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 peas pea NOUN NNS Number=Plur 51 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 58 obj _ _ 57 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 58 nsubj _ _ 58 ate eat VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 54 acl:relcl _ _ 59 by by ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 61 det _ _ 61 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | past | the queen | | | this | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **have** | past · perfect | the lassie | something | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Patient | | 3 | **eat** | to-infinitive | the lassie *not said here* | something *not said here* | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **watch** | past | | | | | morning | | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **send away** | past | | lassie | | | | away *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | | 6 | **fast** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **see** | past | the princess | some country folk | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer folk=Stimulus | | 8 | **pick** | gerund | some country folk *not said here* | peas | | | | by the roadside | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pea=Patient | | 9 | **is** | gerund | the princess *not said here* | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | lassie | | peas *= pea* | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to they=Co-Agent | | 11 | **take** | past | lassie *not said here* | a handful of the peas | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handful=Theme | | 12 | **eat** | past | lassie | the peas | | | | by the way | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | 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:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/43/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/43/12/) - ↑ back to [Kate Crackernuts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/43/)