--- title: The queen--her name was Metanira--was desirous of funding a nurse; a… — Tanglewood Tales · tree and pragmatics description: The queen--her name was Metanira--was desirous of funding a nurse; and when she beheld a woman of matronly aspect coming up the palace steps, she thought, in her own mind, that here was the very person whom she needed. Who acts: name, queen, Ceres, that. 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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 (name, queen, Ceres, that), 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:pg976:22:100 # text = The queen--her name was Metanira--was desirous of funding a nurse; and when she beheld a woman of matronly aspect coming up the palace steps, she thought, in her own mind, that here was the very person whom she needed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 queen queen NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 -- -- PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 Metanira Metanira PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 -- -- PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 10 desirous desirous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 11 of of SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 funding fund VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 nurse nurse NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 19 advmod _ _ 18 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 advcl _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 woman woman NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 matronly matronly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 aspect aspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 25 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 26 up up ADP RP _ 25 compound:prt _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 29 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 31 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 34 in in ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 36 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 39 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 40 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 44 advmod _ _ 41 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 cop _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 43 very very ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 person person NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 appos _ _ 45 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 47 obj _ _ 46 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 nsubj _ _ 47 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Ceres's name | Metanira | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past | the queen | | | | | desirous *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **fund** | gerund | the queen *not said here* | a nurse | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **behold** | past | Ceres | a woman of matronly aspect | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer woman=Stimulus | | 5 | **come up** | gerund | Ceres *not said here* | the palace steps | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location step=Theme | | 6 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Ceres | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is a** | past | that | the person | | here | | | tree rules | | 8 | **need** | past | Ceres | the person | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot whom=Theme | | 9 | **name** | | Ceres | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **mind** | | Ceres | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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:** «Tanglewood Tales» by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Project Gutenberg book 976 (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 99](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/99/) - next →: [sentence 101](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/101/) - ↑ back to [The Pomegranate Seeds., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg976/22/)