The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Had Reserved For Himself"], sentence 5
The whole Court was overjoyed at it beyond imagination; it pleased all but her younger sister; because having no longer the advantage of her in respect of wit, she appeared, in comparison of her, a very disagreeable, homely puss.
Who acts: Princess · What happens: overjoy, have, appear, respect, compare · To what, where: whole Court, discourse, advantage, respect, comparison, wit
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Had Reserved For Himself"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
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The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Court | det |
| 2 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Court | amod |
| 3 | Court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 overjoyed | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 overjoyed | aux:pass |
| 5 | overjoyed | overjoy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 overjoyed | obl |
| 8 | beyond | beyond | ADP | _ | 9 imagination | case |
| 9 | imagination | imagination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 overjoyed | obl |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 pleased | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 pleased | nsubj |
| 12 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 overjoyed | conj |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 pleased | conj |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 sister | cc |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 sister | nmod:poss |
| 16 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 17 sister | amod |
| 17 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 all | conj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 appeared | punct |
| 19 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 33 appeared | mark |
| 20 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 appeared | advcl |
| 21 | no | no | ADV | _ | 22 longer | advmod |
| 22 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 20 having | advmod |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 advantage | det |
| 24 | advantage | advantage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 having | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 her | case |
| 26 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 advantage | nmod |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 respect | case |
| 28 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 having | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 wit | case |
| 30 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 respect | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 having | punct |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 appeared | nsubj |
| 33 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 overjoyed | parataxis |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 comparison | punct |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 comparison | case |
| 36 | comparison | comparison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 appeared | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 her | case |
| 38 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 comparison | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 puss | punct |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 puss | det |
| 41 | very | very | ADV | _ | 42 disagreeable | advmod |
| 42 | disagreeable | disagreeable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 puss | amod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 disagreeable | punct |
| 44 | homely | homely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 puss | amod |
| 45 | puss | puss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 comparison | conj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 overjoyed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overjoy | past · passive | the whole Court | discourse | beyond imagination | tree rules | |||
| 2 | have | gerund | Princess not said here | the advantage of Princess | respect of wit | long property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Patient | ||
| 3 | appear | past | Princess | comparison of end and a disagreeable homely puss | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in comparison=Location | ||||
| 4 | respect | wit | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | compare | end | nom comparison «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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