The Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault, _thomas Bodkin_, part 3, sentence 25
In the mean while, all the palace awaked; every one thought upon their particular business; and as all of them were not in love, they were ready to die for hunger; the chief lady of honour, being as sharp set as other folks, grew very impatient, and told the Princess aloud, That supper was served up.
Who acts: one, all, love · What happens: awak, think, not be, be, die, grow · To what, where: palace, love, Princess, supper · 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 (one, all, love), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 while | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 while | det |
| 3 | mean | mean | X | _ | 4 while | compound |
| 4 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thought | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 while | punct |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 palace | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 palace | det |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thought | obl |
| 9 | awaked | awak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 palace | acl |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 thought | punct |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 one | det |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thought | nsubj |
| 13 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 business | case |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 business | nmod:poss |
| 16 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 business | amod |
| 17 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thought | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 love | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 love | cc |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 21 all | case |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 love | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 them | case |
| 23 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 all | nmod |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 love | cop |
| 25 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 love | advmod |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 love | case |
| 27 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 grew | nsubj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 ready | punct |
| 29 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 ready | nsubj |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 ready | cop |
| 31 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 love | conj |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 die | mark |
| 33 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 ready | xcomp |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 hunger | case |
| 35 | hunger | hunger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 die | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 lady | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 lady | det |
| 38 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 lady | amod |
| 39 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 love | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 honour | case |
| 41 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 lady | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 set | punct |
| 43 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 46 set | cop |
| 44 | as | as | ADP | _ | 46 set | case |
| 45 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 set | amod |
| 46 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 love | conj |
| 47 | as | as | ADP | _ | 49 folks | case |
| 48 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 folks | amod |
| 49 | folks | folk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 set | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 grew | punct |
| 51 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 thought | ccomp |
| 52 | very | very | ADV | _ | 53 impatient | advmod |
| 53 | impatient | impatient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 grew | xcomp |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 told | punct |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 told | cc |
| 56 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 thought | parataxis |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 Princess | det |
| 58 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 told | obj |
| 59 | aloud | aloud | ADV | _ | 56 told | advmod |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 served | punct |
| 61 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 62 supper | det |
| 62 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 served | nsubj:pass |
| 63 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 served | aux:pass |
| 64 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 told | conj |
| 65 | up | up | ADP | _ | 64 served | compound:prt |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | awak | participle | all palace not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | every one | all palace | while | upon dreams's particular business | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||
| 3 | not is | past | all | love and the chief lady of honour and sharp set | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | past | love | ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | die | to-infinitive | love not said here | for hunger | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for hunger=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is | gerund | all not said here | as sharp set; as other folks | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | grow | past | love and the chief lady of honour and sharp set | impatient property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | tell speech: assert | past | the Princess | aloud property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Recipient | ||||
| 9 | serve up | past · passive | that supper | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
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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