The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 10, sentence 74
Then a golden dress was put on her, and pearls were twined in her hair, and she took her seat in the emperor’s carriage which was drawn by six of the whitest horses in the world, and they carried her, without stopping to draw breath, to the gates of the palace.
Who acts: woman, pearls · What happens: put, twine, take, draw, carry, stop · To what, where: golden dress, pearls, hair, seat, carriage, woman
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 (woman, pearls), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 dress | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dress | det |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 dress | amod |
| 4 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 put | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 put | aux:pass |
| 6 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 put | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 twined | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 twined | cc |
| 11 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 twined | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 twined | aux:pass |
| 13 | twined | twine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 put | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 hair | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hair | nmod:poss |
| 16 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 twined | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 took | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 took | cc |
| 19 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 took | nsubj |
| 20 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 put | parataxis |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 seat | nmod:poss |
| 22 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 took | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 carriage | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 emperor | det |
| 25 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 carriage | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 25 emperor | case |
| 27 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 took | obl |
| 28 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 drawn | aux:pass |
| 30 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 carriage | acl:relcl |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 six | case |
| 32 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 drawn | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 horses | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 horses | det |
| 35 | whitest | white | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 36 horses | amod |
| 36 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 six | nmod |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 world | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 world | det |
| 39 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 horses | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 carried | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 carried | cc |
| 42 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 carried | nsubj |
| 43 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 took | conj |
| 44 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 carried | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 stopping | punct |
| 46 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 47 stopping | mark |
| 47 | stopping | stop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 carried | advcl |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 draw | mark |
| 49 | draw | draw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 stopping | xcomp |
| 50 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 draw | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 gates | punct |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 gates | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 gates | det |
| 54 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 stopping | obl |
| 55 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 palace | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 palace | det |
| 57 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 gates | nmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past · passive | a golden dress | on woman | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on she=Destination | ||||
| 2 | twine | past · passive | pearls | woman's hair | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | past | woman | woman's seat | the emperor's carriage | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seat=Value in carriage=Location | |||
| 4 | draw | past · passive | the emperor's carriage | by six of the whitest horses in the world | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | carry | past | pearls = pearl | woman | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 6 | stop | gerund | pearls = pearl not said here | to the gates of the palace | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | draw | to-infinitive | pearls = pearl not said here | breath | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme |
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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