More English Fairy Tales, More English Fairy Tales, part 13, sentence 94
Now whilst all this was going on, the young Princess in that castle, seeing that one of the King of England's sons had been there by the changing of the watch and other things, got herself ready with a large army, and sailed off for England.
Who acts: this, one King, young Princess · What happens: go on, see, be, get, sail off · To what, where: England
This is a sentence of «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, More English Fairy Tales, part 13. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, one King, young Princess), 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 going | advmod |
| 2 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 6 going | mark |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 going | det:predet |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 going | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 going | aux |
| 6 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 going | compound:prt |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 going | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Princess | det |
| 10 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Princess | amod |
| 11 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 going | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 castle | case |
| 13 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 castle | det |
| 14 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Princess | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 seeing | punct |
| 16 | seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 Princess | nmod |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 there | mark |
| 18 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 King | nummod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 King | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 King | det |
| 21 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 there | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 sons | case |
| 23 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 sons | nmod:poss |
| 24 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 23 England | case |
| 25 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 there | obl |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 there | aux |
| 27 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 there | cop |
| 28 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 seeing | advcl |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 changing | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 changing | det |
| 31 | changing | changing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 there | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 watch | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 watch | det |
| 34 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 changing | nmod |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 things | cc |
| 36 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 things | amod |
| 37 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 watch | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 got | punct |
| 39 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 Princess | acl:relcl |
| 40 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 39 got | obj |
| 41 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 got | xcomp |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 45 army | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 army | det |
| 44 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 army | amod |
| 45 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 ready | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 sailed | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 sailed | cc |
| 48 | sailed | sail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 got | conj |
| 49 | off | off | ADP | _ | 48 sailed | compound:prt |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 51 England | case |
| 51 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 sailed | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 going | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | past · progressive | this | now | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | is | past · perfect | the one King | of England's sons; by the changing of the watch and other things; there property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | get | past | the young Princess in that castle not said here | England | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | sail off | past | the young Princess in that castle not said here | for England | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=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: «More English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 14241 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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