The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"], sentence 133
The Ogress was very much surprised at this goodness of her husband, not dreaming after what manner he intended she should dress them; but thinking that he had ordered her to go and put on their cloaths, went up, and was strangely astonished when she perceived her seven daughters killed, and weltering in their blood.
Who acts: Ogress, manner, wife, seven daughters · What happens: be, not dream, intend, dress, think, order · To what, where: goodness, Ogresses, wife, cloaths, blood · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Upon Earth"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ogress, manner, wife, seven daughters), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Ogress | det |
| 2 | Ogress | ogress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 surprised | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 surprised | cop |
| 4 | very | very | ADV | _ | 5 much | advmod |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 surprised | advmod |
| 6 | surprised | surprised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 goodness | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 goodness | det |
| 9 | goodness | goodness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 surprised | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 husband | case |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 husband | nmod:poss |
| 12 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 goodness | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 dreaming | punct |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 dreaming | advmod |
| 15 | dreaming | dream | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 surprised | advcl |
| 16 | after | after | ADP | _ | 17 what | case |
| 17 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 dreaming | obl |
| 18 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 intended | nsubj |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 intended | nsubj |
| 20 | intended | intend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 what | acl:relcl |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 dress | nsubj |
| 22 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 23 dress | aux |
| 23 | dress | dress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 intended | ccomp |
| 24 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 dress | obj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 went | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 went | cc |
| 27 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 went | advcl |
| 28 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 ordered | mark |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 ordered | nsubj |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 ordered | aux |
| 31 | ordered | order | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 thinking | ccomp |
| 32 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 ordered | obj |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 go | mark |
| 34 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 ordered | xcomp |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 put | cc |
| 36 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 go | conj |
| 37 | on | on | ADP | _ | 39 cloaths | case |
| 38 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 cloaths | nmod:poss |
| 39 | cloaths | cloath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 put | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 thinking | punct |
| 41 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 surprised | conj |
| 42 | up | up | ADP | _ | 41 went | compound:prt |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 astonished | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 astonished | cc |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 astonished | cop |
| 46 | strangely | strangely | ADV | _ | 47 astonished | advmod |
| 47 | astonished | astonished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 went | obl |
| 48 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 50 perceived | advmod |
| 49 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 perceived | nsubj |
| 50 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 astonished | advcl |
| 51 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 daughters | nmod:poss |
| 52 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 53 daughters | nummod |
| 53 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 killed | nsubj |
| 54 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 perceived | ccomp |
| 55 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 weltering | punct |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 weltering | cc |
| 57 | weltering | welter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 went | advcl |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 60 blood | case |
| 59 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 blood | nmod:poss |
| 60 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 weltering | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 surprised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Ogress | this goodness of wife's husband | surprised property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not dream | gerund | the Ogress not said here | vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | intend | past | manner | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | dress | should | wife | Ogresses = ogress | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | gerund | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | order | past · perfect | manner | wife | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | manner not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 8 | put | infinitive | manner not said here | Ogresses's cloaths | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on cloath=Destination | ||||
| 9 | go up | past | the Ogress not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 10 | is | past | astonished, strangely property | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | perceive | past | wife | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 12 | kill | past | wife's seven daughters | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 13 | welter | gerund | the Ogress not said here | Ogresses's blood | 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 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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