The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20, sentence 14
Before his carriage rode one company of men and another behind it; servants dressed in scarlet and gold bore him along, the coveted umbrella was held over his head, everything heart could desire was his.
Who acts: carriage, servants, everything heart · What happens: ride, dress, bear, covet, hold, desire · To what, where: one company, servants, scarlet, prince, coveted umbrella, head
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 20. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (carriage, servants, everything heart), 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 | Before | before | SCONJ | _ | 4 rode | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 carriage | nmod:poss |
| 3 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 held | advcl |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 company | nummod |
| 6 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 men | case |
| 8 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 company | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 another | cc |
| 10 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 men | conj |
| 11 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 another | nmod |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 bore | punct |
| 14 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 bore | nsubj |
| 15 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 servants | acl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 scarlet | case |
| 17 | scarlet | scarlet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dressed | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 gold | cc |
| 19 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 scarlet | conj |
| 20 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rode | conj |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 bore | obj |
| 22 | along | along | ADV | _ | 20 bore | advmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 umbrella | det |
| 25 | coveted | covet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 umbrella | amod |
| 26 | umbrella | umbrella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 held | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 held | aux:pass |
| 28 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 29 | over | over | ADP | _ | 31 head | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 head | nmod:poss |
| 31 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 held | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 desire | punct |
| 33 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 34 heart | compound |
| 34 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 desire | nsubj |
| 35 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 36 desire | aux |
| 36 | desire | desire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 held | advcl |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 his | cop |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 desire | obj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 28 held | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | past | prince's carriage | one company of men | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent company=Theme | ||||
| 2 | dress | participle | servants not said here | scarlet and gold | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | bear | past | servants | prince | along property | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||
| 4 | covet | participle | vn want-32.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 5 | hold | past · passive | the coveted umbrella | prince's head | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme over head=Location | ||||
| 6 | desire | could | everything heart | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 7 | is a | past | prince | 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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