The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 66
She lived under the care of her mother, who was so severe that she was never allowed to look out of the window, or set her foot outside the door alone, and how to make friends with her I did not know.
Who acts: maiden, mother, I · What happens: live, be, not allow, look out, set, make · To what, where: care, maiden, window, foot, door, friends
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (maiden, mother, I), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lived | nsubj |
| 2 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 care | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 care | det |
| 5 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lived | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 mother | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mother | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 care | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 severe | punct |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 severe | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 severe | cop |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 severe | advmod |
| 13 | severe | severe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mother | parataxis |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 allowed | mark |
| 15 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 allowed | aux:pass |
| 17 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 18 allowed | advmod |
| 18 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 severe | advcl |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 look | mark |
| 20 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 allowed | xcomp |
| 21 | out | out | ADP | _ | 24 window | case |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 window | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 window | det |
| 24 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 look | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 set | punct |
| 26 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 27 set | cc |
| 27 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 look | conj |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 foot | nmod:poss |
| 29 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 set | obj |
| 30 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 32 door | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 door | det |
| 32 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 set | obl |
| 33 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 27 set | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 make | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 make | cc |
| 36 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 38 make | advmod |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 make | mark |
| 38 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 lived | parataxis |
| 39 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 make | obj |
| 40 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 45 know | mark |
| 41 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 know | nmod:poss |
| 42 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 45 know | nsubj |
| 43 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 know | aux |
| 44 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 45 know | advmod |
| 45 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 make | advcl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 lived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | maiden | the care of maiden's mother | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under care=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | past | maiden's mother | severe property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not allow | past · passive | maiden | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | look out not said to happen | to-infinitive | maiden not said here | the window | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | set | infinitive | maiden not said here | maiden's foot | the door | alone property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Theme outside door=Destination | ||
| 6 | make | to-infinitive | friends | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset friend=Product | |||||
| 7 | not know | past · do-support | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 8 | care | maiden's mother | nom care «act intransitive»: of=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: «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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