The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1, sentence 92
The queen had no idea that her doings had been discovered; and when, a few days later, she wanted the flax, and had to pay the same price for it, she felt no fears at all.
Who acts: queen, idea · What happens: have, discover, want, pay, feel · To what, where: idea, doings, flax, same price, fears, all
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (queen, idea), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 idea | det |
| 5 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 discovered | mark |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 doings | nmod:poss |
| 8 | doings | doing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 discovered | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 discovered | aux |
| 10 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 discovered | aux:pass |
| 11 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 idea | acl |
| 12 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 wanted | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 wanted | cc |
| 14 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 later | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 days | punct |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 days | det |
| 17 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 days | amod |
| 18 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 later | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 22 wanted | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 later | punct |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 wanted | nsubj |
| 22 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | parataxis |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 flax | det |
| 24 | flax | flax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 wanted | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 had | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 had | cc |
| 27 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | conj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 pay | mark |
| 29 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 had | xcomp |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 price | det |
| 31 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 price | amod |
| 32 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 pay | obj |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 34 it | case |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 pay | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 felt | punct |
| 36 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 felt | nsubj |
| 37 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 had | parataxis |
| 38 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 39 fears | det |
| 39 | fears | fear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 felt | obj |
| 40 | at | at | ADP | _ | 41 all | case |
| 41 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 felt | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the queen | no idea | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | ||||
| 2 | discover | past · perfect · passive | no idea not said here | queen's doings | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 3 | want | past | queen | the flax | late property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot flax=Theme | |||
| 4 | have | past | the queen not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | pay | to-infinitive | the queen not said here | the same price | for price | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent price=Asset for it=Theme | |||
| 6 | feel | past | queen | no fears | all | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fear=Theme at all=Location |
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 Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 2435 (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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