The Crimson Fairy Book, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36, sentence 82
Their way led past the old house inhabited by the cats, who were all at the window, for the report had got about that the prince was going to marry the most beautiful maiden in the world, on whose forehead shone a golden star, and they knew that this could only be their adored Lizina.
Who acts: way, old house, prince, forehead, objections · What happens: lead, inhabit, be, get, go, marry · To what, where: old house, window, golden star, this · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Crimson Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Crimson Fairy Book, part 36. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (way, old house, prince, forehead), 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 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 way | nmod:poss |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 led | nsubj |
| 3 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | past | past | ADP | _ | 7 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 house | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 house | amod |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 led | obl |
| 8 | inhabited | inhabit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 house | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 cats | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cats | det |
| 11 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 inhabited | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 window | punct |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 window | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 window | cop |
| 15 | all | all | ADV | _ | 18 window | advmod |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 window | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 window | det |
| 18 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 house | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 got | punct |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 report | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 report | det |
| 22 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 got | obl |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 got | aux |
| 24 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 led | parataxis |
| 25 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 30 going | mark |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 going | mark |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 prince | det |
| 28 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 going | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 going | aux |
| 30 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 got | advcl |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 marry | mark |
| 32 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 going | xcomp |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 maiden | det |
| 34 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 35 beautiful | advmod |
| 35 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 maiden | amod |
| 36 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 marry | ccomp |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 world | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 world | det |
| 39 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 maiden | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 shone | punct |
| 41 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 44 shone | mark |
| 42 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 43 forehead | nmod:poss |
| 43 | forehead | forehead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 shone | nsubj |
| 44 | shone | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 got | conj |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 star | det |
| 46 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 star | amod |
| 47 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 shone | obj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 knew | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 knew | cc |
| 50 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 knew | nsubj |
| 51 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 led | parataxis |
| 52 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 adored | mark |
| 53 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 58 adored | nsubj:pass |
| 54 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 58 adored | aux |
| 55 | only | only | ADV | _ | 58 adored | advmod |
| 56 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 58 adored | aux:pass |
| 57 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 adored | nmod:poss |
| 58 | adored | adore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 knew | ccomp |
| 59 | Lizina | Lizina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 adored | obj |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | objections's way | the old house and the window | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent past house=Destination | ||||
| 2 | inhabit | participle | the old house and the window not said here | by the cats | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | the old house and the window | the window | all property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | get | past · perfect | for the report | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for report=Source | |||||
| 5 | go | past · progressive | the prince | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | marry | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 7 | shine | past | forehead | a golden star | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent star=Theme | ||||
| 8 | know | past | objections = objection | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 9 | adore | could · passive | this | 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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