The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19, sentence 15
When he had finished, the princess, who had listened attentively, rose, and taking his arm, led him to the door of another room, the floor of which was made entirely of needles, stuck so close together that there was not room for a single needle more.
Who acts: prince, princess · What happens: finish, listen, rise, take, lead, make · To what, where: princess, arm, prince, door, room
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 19. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, princess), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 finished | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 finished | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 finished | aux |
| 4 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 princess | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princess | det |
| 7 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 finished | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 listened | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 listened | nsubj |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 listened | aux |
| 11 | listened | listen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 princess | acl:relcl |
| 12 | attentively | attentively | ADV | _ | 11 listened | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 rose | punct |
| 14 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 listened | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 taking | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 taking | cc |
| 17 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 rose | advcl |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 arm | nmod:poss |
| 19 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 taking | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 led | punct |
| 21 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 rose | conj |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 led | obj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 door | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 door | det |
| 25 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 led | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 room | case |
| 27 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 28 room | det |
| 28 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 door | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 floor | punct |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 floor | det |
| 31 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 door | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 which | case |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 made | obl |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 made | aux:pass |
| 35 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 floor | acl:relcl |
| 36 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 35 made | advmod |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 needles | case |
| 38 | needles | needle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 made | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 stuck | punct |
| 40 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 room | advcl |
| 41 | so | so | ADV | _ | 42 close | advmod |
| 42 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 40 stuck | advmod |
| 43 | together | together | ADV | _ | 40 stuck | advmod |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 46 was | mark |
| 45 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 46 was | expl |
| 46 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 room | cop |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 room | advmod |
| 48 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 made | parataxis |
| 49 | for | for | ADP | _ | 52 needle | case |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 needle | det |
| 51 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 needle | amod |
| 52 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 room | nmod |
| 53 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 35 made | advmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 finished | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | past · perfect | prince | the princess | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector princess=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | listen | past · perfect | the princess | attentively property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | rise | past | the princess not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | take | gerund | the princess not said here | prince's arm | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | ||||
| 5 | lead | past | the princess not said here | prince | the door of another room and the floor | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to door=Destination | |||
| 6 | make | past · passive | of the floor; of needles; entirely property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | |||||
| 7 | stick | participle | close, together property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 8 | not is a | past | room | for a single needle | tree rules |
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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