The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3, sentence 21
And now, as the inchantment was at an end, the Princess awaked, and looking on him with eyes more tender than the first view might seem to admit of: "Is it you, my Prince," said she to him, "you have tarried long."
Who acts: inchantment, first view, view, Princess, Scarce · What happens: be, awak, look, seem, admit, say · To what, where: end, more tender, Scarce · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault» by Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (inchantment, first view, view, Princess), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 awaked | cc |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 awaked | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 now | punct |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 end | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 inchantment | det |
| 6 | inchantment | inchantment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 end | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 end | cop |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 end | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 end | det |
| 10 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 awaked | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 end | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Princess | det |
| 13 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 awaked | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | awaked | awak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 said | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 tender | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 tender | cc |
| 17 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 tender | csubj |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 looking | obl |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 eyes | case |
| 21 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 looking | obl |
| 22 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 23 tender | amod |
| 23 | tender | tender | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 awaked | obl |
| 24 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 29 seem | mark |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 view | det |
| 26 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 27 view | amod |
| 27 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 seem | nsubj |
| 28 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 seem | aux |
| 29 | seem | seem | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 tender | acl |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 admit | mark |
| 31 | admit | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 seem | xcomp |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 admit | obl |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 you | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 you | punct |
| 35 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 you | cop |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 you | nsubj |
| 37 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 43 said | ccomp |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Prince | punct |
| 39 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 Prince | nmod:poss |
| 40 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 you | appos |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Prince | punct |
| 42 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 Prince | punct |
| 43 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 44 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 said | nsubj |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 him | case |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 said | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 tarried | punct |
| 48 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 tarried | punct |
| 49 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 51 tarried | nsubj |
| 50 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 tarried | aux |
| 51 | tarried | tarry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 43 said | ccomp |
| 52 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 51 tarried | advmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 51 tarried | punct |
| 54 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 51 tarried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the inchantment | at a end | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | awak | participle · passive | a end | now | the Princess obl:unmarked; more tender obl | tree rules | |||
| 3 | look | gerund | on Scarce; with eyes | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on he=Theme | |||||
| 4 | seem | might | the first view | more tender not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | admit speech: other | to-infinitive | the first view not said here | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | view | Scarce | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | Princess | Scarce | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 8 | tarry in a quote | present · perfect | Scarce | long property | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
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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