--- title: And the Queen, his mother, soon after returned to King Bacha, and ha… — Folk tales from Tibet · tree and pragmatics description: And the Queen, his mother, soon after returned to King Bacha, and having agreed with him never more to argue on trivial matters, they had no more disputes or quarrels, and long reigned together over a contented and prosperous kingdom. Who acts: Queen, courtiers. 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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, courtiers), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg75000:22:109 # text = And the Queen, his mother, soon after returned to King Bacha, and having agreed with him never more to argue on trivial matters, they had no more disputes or quarrels, and long reigned together over a contented and prosperous kingdom. 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 mother mother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 8 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 9 after after SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 returned return VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 11 to to ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 13 Bacha Bacha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 16 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux _ _ 17 agreed agree VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 17 obj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 argue argue VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 advcl _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 trivial trivial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 matters matter NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 28 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 conj _ _ 30 no no ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 32 amod _ _ 32 disputes dispute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ _ 33 or or CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 quarrels quarrel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 38 advmod _ _ 38 reigned reign VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 acl _ _ 39 together together ADV RB _ 38 advmod _ _ 40 over over ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 42 contented content VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 amod _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 prosperous prosperous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **return** | participle | the Queen | | King | | | soon *property* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to king=Result | | 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | gerund · perfect | the Queen *not said here* | more | | | | with magician | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent more=Topic | | 3 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | to-infinitive | the Queen *not said here* | | | | | on trivial matters | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on matter=Topic | | 4 | **have** | past | courtiers *= courtier* | more disputes or quarrels | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dispute=Patient | | 5 | **reign** | participle | | more disputes or quarrels *not said here* | | a contented prosperous kingdom | | long, together *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **content** | participle | | | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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:** «Folk tales from Tibet» by William Frederick Travers, Sir O'Connor, Project Gutenberg book 75000 (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 108](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/108/) - next →: [How He Found the Lost Turquo…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/23/1/) - ↑ back to [The Story of Room Bacha and Baki.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg75000/22/)