The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 63
Now the queen was very angry because the people, who knew how bad she was, seated her son on the throne instead of herself, and she never rested till she had formed a plan to get him out of the way.
Who acts: queen, people · What happens: be, know, not rest, form, get · To what, where: throne, plan, king, way
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (queen, people), 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 angry | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 queen | det |
| 3 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 angry | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 angry | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 angry | advmod |
| 6 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 18 seated | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 people | det |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 seated | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 knew | punct |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 knew | nsubj |
| 12 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 people | acl:relcl |
| 13 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 bad | advmod |
| 14 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 knew | ccomp |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 bad | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 seated | cop |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 seated | punct |
| 18 | seated | seat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 angry | advcl |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 son | nmod:poss |
| 20 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 seated | obj |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 throne | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 throne | det |
| 23 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 seated | obl |
| 24 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 26 herself | case |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 instead | fixed |
| 26 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 seated | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 rested | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 rested | cc |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 rested | nsubj |
| 30 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 31 rested | advmod |
| 31 | rested | rest | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 angry | conj |
| 32 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 35 formed | mark |
| 33 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 formed | nsubj |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 formed | aux |
| 35 | formed | form | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 rested | advcl |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 plan | det |
| 37 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 formed | obj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 get | mark |
| 39 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 plan | acl |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 get | obj |
| 41 | out | out | ADP | _ | 44 way | case |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 way | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 way | det |
| 44 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 get | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 angry | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the queen | now | angry property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know | past | the people | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | past | the people | the throne | instead queen; seat property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | not rest | past | queen | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | form | past · perfect | queen | a plan | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plan=Theme | ||||
| 6 | get | to-infinitive | queen not said here | king | the way | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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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