The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 17, sentence 70
She was startled at first; but I persuaded her to listen to me, and I soon saw that I was not displeasing to her, though she scolded me gently for my disobedience to my master, and my deceit in disguising myself.
Who acts: I, maiden, deceit, my · What happens: startle, persuade, listen, see, not displease, scold · To what, where: maiden, me, deceit, myself
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 (I, maiden, deceit, my), 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 | 3 startled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 startled | aux:pass |
| 3 | startled | startle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 first | case |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 startled | obl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 persuaded | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 persuaded | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 persuaded | nsubj |
| 9 | persuaded | persuade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 startled | conj |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 persuaded | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 listen | mark |
| 12 | listen | listen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 persuaded | xcomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 me | case |
| 14 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 listen | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 saw | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 saw | cc |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 saw | nsubj |
| 18 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 19 saw | advmod |
| 19 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 startled | conj |
| 20 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 displeasing | mark |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 displeasing | nsubj |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 displeasing | aux |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 24 displeasing | advmod |
| 24 | displeasing | displease | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 saw | advcl |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 her | case |
| 26 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 displeasing | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 scolded | punct |
| 28 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 30 scolded | mark |
| 29 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 scolded | nsubj |
| 30 | scolded | scold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 saw | conj |
| 31 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 scolded | obj |
| 32 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 30 scolded | advmod |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 disobedience | case |
| 34 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 disobedience | nmod:poss |
| 35 | disobedience | disobedience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 scolded | obl |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 master | case |
| 37 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 master | nmod:poss |
| 38 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 scolded | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 deceit | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 deceit | cc |
| 41 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 deceit | nmod:poss |
| 42 | deceit | deceit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 saw | obl |
| 43 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 44 disguising | mark |
| 44 | disguising | disguise | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 42 deceit | acl |
| 45 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 44 disguising | obj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 startled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | startle | past · passive | maiden | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | persuade | past | I | maiden | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 3 | listen | to-infinitive | maiden not said here | me | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to i=Theme | ||||
| 4 | see | past | I | my deceit | soon property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | not displease | past · progressive | I | maiden | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | scold | past | maiden | me | for my disobedience; to my master; gently property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent i=Theme for disobedience=Attribute | |||
| 7 | disguise | gerund | my deceit not said here | myself | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme myself=Destination | ||||
| 8 | disobey | my | nom disobedience «act transitive»: poss=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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