The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35, sentence 1
When they reached their own country they were received with every sign of joy, for the news of the prince’s safe return had spread like wildfire, and every town and village was decorated, whilst the inhabitants thronged to greet them with cries of joy and thankfulness.
Who acts: they, news, inhabitants, prince, joy · What happens: reach, receive, spread, decorate, throng, greet · To what, where: own country, they, town, inhabitants, joy
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 35. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (they, news, inhabitants, prince), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 3 reached | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reached | nsubj |
| 3 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 received | advcl |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 country | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 country | amod |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reached | obj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 received | nsubj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 received | aux:pass |
| 9 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 sign | case |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 sign | det |
| 12 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 received | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 joy | case |
| 14 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sign | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 news | punct |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 news | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 news | det |
| 18 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 spread | nsubj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 return | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 prince | det |
| 21 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 return | nmod:poss |
| 22 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 21 prince | case |
| 23 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 return | amod |
| 24 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 news | nmod |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 spread | aux |
| 26 | spread | spread | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 received | parataxis |
| 27 | like | like | ADP | _ | 28 wildfire | case |
| 28 | wildfire | wildfire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 spread | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 decorated | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 decorated | cc |
| 31 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 32 town | det |
| 32 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 decorated | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 village | cc |
| 34 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 town | conj |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 decorated | aux:pass |
| 36 | decorated | decorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 received | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 thronged | punct |
| 38 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 41 thronged | mark |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 inhabitants | det |
| 40 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 thronged | nsubj |
| 41 | thronged | throng | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 decorated | conj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 greet | mark |
| 43 | greet | greet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 thronged | xcomp |
| 44 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 greet | obj |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 46 cries | case |
| 46 | cries | cry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 greet | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 joy | case |
| 48 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 cries | nmod |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 thankfulness | cc |
| 50 | thankfulness | thankfulness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 joy | conj |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 received | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | they | their own country | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent country=Theme | ||||
| 2 | receive | past · passive | they | with every sign of joy | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | spread | past · perfect | the news of the prince's safe return | like wildfire | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | decorate | past · passive | every town and village | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | |||||
| 5 | throng | past | the inhabitants | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | greet speech: greet | to-infinitive | the inhabitants not said here | inhabitants = inhabitant | with cries of joy and thankfulness | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 7 | sign | joy | nom sign «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | return | the prince | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | cry | joy and thankfulness | nom cry «communication 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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