The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 2, sentence 96
People came in from every quarter in great numbers; they threw water upon the Princess's face, unlaced her, struck her on the palms of her hands, and rubbed her temples with Hungary-water; but nothing would bring her to herself.
Who acts: People, nothing · What happens: come in, throw, unlace, strike, rub, bring · To what, where: quarter, water, face, Princess, temples
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (People, nothing), 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 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 came | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 quarter | case |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 quarter | det |
| 6 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 numbers | case |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 numbers | amod |
| 9 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 quarter | nmod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 threw | punct |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 threw | nsubj |
| 12 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | parataxis |
| 13 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 threw | obj |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 face | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Princess | det |
| 16 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 face | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 Princess | case |
| 18 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 threw | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 unlaced | punct |
| 20 | unlaced | unlace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 threw | conj |
| 21 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 unlaced | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 struck | punct |
| 23 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 threw | conj |
| 24 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 struck | obj |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 palms | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 palms | det |
| 27 | palms | palm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 struck | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 hands | case |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 hands | nmod:poss |
| 30 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 palms | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 rubbed | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 rubbed | cc |
| 33 | rubbed | rub | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | parataxis |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 temples | nmod:poss |
| 35 | temples | temple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 rubbed | obj |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 water | case |
| 37 | Hungary | Hungary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 water | compound |
| 38 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 37 Hungary | punct |
| 39 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 rubbed | obl |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 bring | punct |
| 41 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 44 bring | cc |
| 42 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 44 bring | nsubj |
| 43 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 bring | aux |
| 44 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 came | conj |
| 45 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 bring | obj |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 herself | case |
| 47 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 44 bring | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | past | People | every quarter in great numbers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from quarter=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | throw | past | People | water | the Princess's face | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme upon face=Destination | |||
| 3 | unlace | past | People not said here | Princess | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 4 | strike | past | People not said here | Princess | on the palms of Princess's hands | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent she=Instrument on palm=Patient | |||
| 5 | rub | past | Princess's temples | with Hungary water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent temple=Destination with water=Theme | ||||
| 6 | bring | would | nothing | Princess | Princess | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to herself=Destination |
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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