The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, Towards Her"], sentence 180
Since she knew that they were seeking the owner of the right finger on which to set her ring, some impulse had moved her to arrange her hair with great care, and to put on her beautiful silver corsage, and the petticoat full of furbelows and silver lace studded with emeralds.
Who acts: joy, Princes, impulse, petticoat · What happens: know, seek, set, move, arrange, put · To what, where: owner, ring, right finger, joy, hair, beautiful silver corsage · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, Towards Her"]. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (joy, Princes, impulse, petticoat), 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 | Since | since | SCONJ | _ | 3 knew | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 seeking | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 seeking | nsubj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 seeking | aux |
| 7 | seeking | seek | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 owner | det |
| 9 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seeking | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 finger | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 finger | det |
| 12 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 finger | amod |
| 13 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 owner | nmod |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 which | case |
| 15 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 set | obl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 set | mark |
| 17 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 finger | acl:relcl |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 ring | nmod:poss |
| 19 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 set | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
| 21 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 22 impulse | det |
| 22 | impulse | impulse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 moved | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 moved | aux |
| 24 | moved | move | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 moved | obj |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 arrange | mark |
| 27 | arrange | arrange | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 moved | advcl |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 hair | nmod:poss |
| 29 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 arrange | obj |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 care | case |
| 31 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 care | amod |
| 32 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 arrange | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 put | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 put | cc |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 put | mark |
| 36 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 knew | conj |
| 37 | on | on | ADP | _ | 41 corsage | case |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 corsage | nmod:poss |
| 39 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 corsage | amod |
| 40 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 corsage | compound |
| 41 | corsage | corsage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 put | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 lace | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 lace | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 petticoat | det |
| 45 | petticoat | petticoat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 lace | nsubj |
| 46 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 lace | amod |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 furbelows | case |
| 48 | furbelows | furbelow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 full | obl |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 silver | cc |
| 50 | silver | silver | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 full | conj |
| 51 | lace | lace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 put | obl |
| 52 | studded | stud | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 lace | acl |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 emeralds | case |
| 54 | emeralds | emerald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 studded | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | joy | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | seek | past · progressive | Princes = prince | the owner of the right finger | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Theme | ||||
| 3 | set | to-infinitive | Princes = prince not said here | joy's ring | the right finger | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme on which=Destination | |||
| 4 | move | past · perfect | some impulse | joy | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme she=Result | ||||
| 5 | arrange | to-infinitive | some impulse not said here | joy's hair | with great care | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hair=Patient with care=Instrument | |||
| 6 | put | to-infinitive | joy not said here | joy's beautiful silver corsage | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on corsage=Destination | ||||
| 7 | lace | the petticoat | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | stud | participle | full lace not said here | with emeralds | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with emerald=Theme |
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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