The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 44
“A nice kind of empress she would make,” they said, as the emperor had done, tossing their heads with disdain; for, having read many books, they guessed what she was wanted for.
Who acts: nice kind, homes · What happens: make, say, do, toss, read, guess · To what, where: emperor, heads, many books, kind · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (nice kind, homes), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 make | punct |
| 2 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kind | det |
| 3 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kind | amod |
| 4 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 make | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 empress | case |
| 6 | empress | empress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kind | nmod |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 make | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 make | aux |
| 9 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 make | punct |
| 11 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 make | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 said | nsubj |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 make | advcl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 done | punct |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 done | mark |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 emperor | det |
| 17 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 done | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 done | aux |
| 19 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 said | ccomp |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 tossing | punct |
| 21 | tossing | toss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 done | advcl |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 heads | nmod:poss |
| 23 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 tossing | obj |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 disdain | case |
| 25 | disdain | disdain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 tossing | obl |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 read | punct |
| 27 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 30 read | mark |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 read | punct |
| 29 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 read | aux |
| 30 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 make | parataxis |
| 31 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 books | amod |
| 32 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 read | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 guessed | punct |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 guessed | nsubj |
| 35 | guessed | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 read | conj |
| 36 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 39 wanted | obj |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 wanted | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 wanted | aux:pass |
| 39 | wanted | want | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 guessed | ccomp |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 wanted | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 make | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make in a quote | would | a nice kind of empress | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | homes = home | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do | past · perfect · passive | the emperor | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | toss | gerund | homes's heads | with disdain | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Product with disdain=Material | ||||
| 5 | read | gerund · perfect | many books | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | |||||
| 6 | guess | past | homes = home | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | want | past · passive | kind | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Theme what=Attribute |
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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