The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23, sentence 18
In fact his head was so turned by the beauty of the two ladies that when the invitations were sent by his orders to all the great people in the kingdom, he did not even recollect his two children, who remained shut up in their own house!
Who acts: beauty, great people, messenger, two children · What happens: turn, send, not recollect, remain, shut up, order · To what, where: head, invitations, two children, own house
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (beauty, great people, messenger, two children), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 fact | case |
| 2 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turned | obl |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 head | nmod:poss |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 turned | aux:pass |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 turned | advmod |
| 7 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 beauty | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 beauty | det |
| 10 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turned | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 ladies | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ladies | det |
| 13 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 ladies | nummod |
| 14 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 beauty | nmod |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 sent | obj |
| 16 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 20 sent | mark |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 invitations | det |
| 18 | invitations | invitation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 sent | aux:pass |
| 20 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 ladies | acl:relcl |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 orders | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 orders | nmod:poss |
| 23 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 sent | obl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 people | case |
| 25 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 28 people | det:predet |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 people | det |
| 27 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 people | amod |
| 28 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 sent | obl:agent |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 kingdom | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 kingdom | det |
| 31 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 people | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 recollect | punct |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 recollect | nsubj |
| 34 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 recollect | aux |
| 35 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 37 recollect | advmod |
| 36 | even | even | ADV | _ | 37 recollect | advmod |
| 37 | recollect | recollect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 turned | conj |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 children | nmod:poss |
| 39 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 40 children | nummod |
| 40 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 recollect | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 remained | punct |
| 42 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 remained | nsubj |
| 43 | remained | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 children | acl:relcl |
| 44 | shut | shut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 remained | xcomp |
| 45 | up | up | ADP | _ | 44 shut | compound:prt |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 house | case |
| 47 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 house | nmod:poss |
| 48 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 house | amod |
| 49 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 shut | obl |
| 50 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past · passive | the beauty of the two ladies | messenger's head | in fact | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Patient in fact=Topic | |||
| 2 | send | past · passive | all great people in the kingdom | the invitations | by messenger's orders | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Destination that=Theme | |||
| 3 | not recollect | past · do-support | messenger | messenger's two children | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent child=Theme | ||||
| 4 | remain | past | messenger's two children | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | shut up | participle | messenger's two children not said here | invitations's own house | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | order | messenger | nom order «communication 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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