The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"], sentence 53
She then went to look into her mouse-trap, where she found six mice all alive, and ordered Cinderilla to lift up a little the trap-door, when giving each mouse, as it went out, a little tap with her wand, the mouse was at that moment turned into a fair horse, which altogether made a very fine set of six horses of a beautiful mouse-coloured dapple-grey.
Who acts: godmother, pumpkin, mouse, fair horse · What happens: go, look, find, order, lift up, give · To what, where: six mice, Cinderilla, little trap door, mouse, fine set
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Followed the King, Who Went Up First"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (godmother, pumpkin, mouse, fair horse), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 went | advmod |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 look | mark |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 went | xcomp |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 trap | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 trap | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trap | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 mouse | punct |
| 10 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 look | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 found | punct |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 14 found | advmod |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 found | nsubj |
| 14 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 trap | parataxis |
| 15 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 mice | nummod |
| 16 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 found | obj |
| 17 | all | all | ADV | _ | 18 alive | advmod |
| 18 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 mice | amod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 ordered | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 ordered | cc |
| 21 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | advcl |
| 22 | Cinderilla | Cinderilla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 ordered | obj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 lift | mark |
| 24 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 ordered | xcomp |
| 25 | up | up | ADP | _ | 24 lift | compound:prt |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 little | det |
| 27 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 door | amod |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 door | det |
| 29 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 door | compound |
| 30 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 29 trap | punct |
| 31 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 lift | obl:unmarked |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 giving | punct |
| 33 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 34 giving | mark |
| 34 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 lift | advcl |
| 35 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 mouse | det |
| 36 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 giving | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 went | punct |
| 38 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 40 went | mark |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 went | nsubj |
| 40 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 giving | conj |
| 41 | out | out | ADP | _ | 40 went | compound:prt |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 tap | punct |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 tap | det |
| 44 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 tap | amod |
| 45 | tap | tap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 giving | obl |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 wand | case |
| 47 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 wand | nmod:poss |
| 48 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 tap | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 turned | punct |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 mouse | det |
| 51 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 turned | nsubj |
| 52 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 turned | cop |
| 53 | at | at | ADP | _ | 55 moment | case |
| 54 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 55 moment | det |
| 55 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 turned | obl |
| 56 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 57 | into | into | ADP | _ | 60 horse | case |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 horse | det |
| 59 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 horse | amod |
| 60 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 turned | obl |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 made | punct |
| 62 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 made | nsubj |
| 63 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 64 made | advmod |
| 64 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 60 horse | acl:relcl |
| 65 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 68 set | det |
| 66 | very | very | ADV | _ | 67 fine | advmod |
| 67 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 set | amod |
| 68 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 made | obj |
| 69 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 horses | case |
| 70 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 71 horses | nummod |
| 71 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 set | nmod |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 80 grey | case |
| 73 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 80 grey | det |
| 74 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 80 grey | amod |
| 75 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 coloured | compound |
| 76 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 75 mouse | punct |
| 77 | coloured | coloured | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 80 grey | amod |
| 78 | dapple | dapple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 80 grey | compound |
| 79 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 78 dapple | punct |
| 80 | grey | grey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 horses | nmod |
| 81 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | godmother | then | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | godmother not said here | into godmother's mouse trap | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into trap=Theme | ||||
| 3 | find | past | godmother | six mice | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Topic | ||||
| 4 | order | past | godmother not said here | Cinderilla | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cinderilla=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | lift up not said to happen | to-infinitive | godmother not said here | the little trap door | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | give | gerund | godmother not said here | each mouse | a little tap with godmother's wand obl | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | |||
| 7 | go out | past | pumpkin | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | is | past | the mouse | moment | into a fair horse; turn property | tree rules | |||
| 9 | make | past | a fair horse | a fine set of six horses of a beautiful coloured dapple grey | altogether property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset set=Product |
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 Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Project Gutenberg book 29021 (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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