The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 1, sentence 126
After that, they went up into the two great rooms, where were the best and richest furniture; they could not sufficiently admire the number and beauty of the tapestry, beds, couches, cabinets, stands, tables, and looking-glasses in which you might see yourself from head to foot; some of them were framed with glass, others with silver, plain and gilded, the finest and most magnificent which were ever seen.
Who acts: neighbours, you · What happens: go up, be, not admire, stand, look, see · To what, where: two great rooms, number, tables, glasses, yourself, some
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (neighbours, you), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 2 that | case |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 went | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 that | punct |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 11 rooms | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rooms | det |
| 9 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 rooms | nummod |
| 10 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 rooms | amod |
| 11 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 went | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 best | punct |
| 13 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 16 best | advmod |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 best | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 best | det |
| 16 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 rooms | parataxis |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 furniture | cc |
| 18 | richest | rich | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 furniture | amod |
| 19 | furniture | furniture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 best | conj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 admire | punct |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 admire | nsubj |
| 22 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 admire | aux |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 25 admire | advmod |
| 24 | sufficiently | sufficiently | ADV | _ | 25 admire | advmod |
| 25 | admire | admire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 went | conj |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 number | det |
| 27 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 admire | obj |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 beauty | cc |
| 29 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 number | conj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 tapestry | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 tapestry | det |
| 32 | tapestry | tapestry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 beauty | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 beds | punct |
| 34 | beds | bed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 tapestry | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 couches | punct |
| 36 | couches | couch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 beds | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 cabinets | punct |
| 38 | cabinets | cabinet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 beds | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 stands | punct |
| 40 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 admire | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 tables | punct |
| 42 | tables | table | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 stands | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 framed | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 framed | cc |
| 45 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 63 framed | csubj:pass |
| 46 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 glasses | punct |
| 47 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 looking | obl |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 which | case |
| 49 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 see | obl |
| 50 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 52 see | nsubj |
| 51 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 52 see | aux |
| 52 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 glasses | acl:relcl |
| 53 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 52 see | obj |
| 54 | from | from | ADP | _ | 55 head | case |
| 55 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 see | obl |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 57 foot | case |
| 57 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 see | obl |
| 58 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 63 framed | punct |
| 59 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 63 framed | nsubj:pass |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 them | case |
| 61 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 some | nmod |
| 62 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 framed | aux:pass |
| 63 | framed | frame | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 admire | parataxis |
| 64 | with | with | ADP | _ | 65 glass | case |
| 65 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 framed | obl |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 others | punct |
| 67 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 71 plain | nsubj |
| 68 | with | with | ADP | _ | 69 silver | case |
| 69 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 others | nmod |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 71 plain | punct |
| 71 | plain | plain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 framed | parataxis |
| 72 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 gilded | cc |
| 73 | gilded | gild | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 71 plain | conj |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 finest | punct |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 76 finest | det |
| 76 | finest | fine | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 71 plain | parataxis |
| 77 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 79 magnificent | cc |
| 78 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 79 magnificent | advmod |
| 79 | magnificent | magnificent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 finest | conj |
| 80 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 83 seen | nsubj:pass |
| 81 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 83 seen | aux:pass |
| 82 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 83 seen | advmod |
| 83 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 79 magnificent | ccomp |
| 84 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | past | neighbours = neighbour | the two great rooms | after that | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 2 | is | past | good property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | not admire | could | neighbours = neighbour | the number and beauty of the tapestry and beds and couches and cabinets | sufficiently property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | stand | present | neighbours = neighbour not said here | tables | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | look | gerund | glasses | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 6 | see | might | you | yourself | glasses | from head; to foot | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yourself=Stimulus | ||
| 7 | frame | past · passive | some | with glass | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with glass=Theme | ||||
| 8 | gild | participle | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 9 | see | past · passive | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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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