Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales, The Two Princes, part 1, sentence 31
But when the Prince saw her, he came forth to meet her and led her aside and gave her a prayer-book in her hand, and said to her, "Stay here, Princess, and pray to God for me."
Who acts: Prince · What happens: see, come, meet, lead, give, say · To what, where: Princess, prayer book, hand, God · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», The Two Princes, 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 (Prince), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 came | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 saw | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | advcl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 came | nsubj |
| 9 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 9 came | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 meet | mark |
| 12 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 came | advcl |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 meet | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 led | cc |
| 15 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | conj |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 led | obj |
| 17 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 15 led | advmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 gave | cc |
| 19 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 led | conj |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 gave | iobj |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 book | det |
| 22 | prayer | prayer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 book | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 prayer | punct |
| 24 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 gave | obj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 hand | case |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 hand | nmod:poss |
| 27 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 book | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 said | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 said | cc |
| 30 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 came | parataxis |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 her | case |
| 32 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 said | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 Stay | punct |
| 34 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 35 Stay | punct |
| 35 | Stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 said | ccomp |
| 36 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 35 Stay | advmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Princess | punct |
| 38 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Stay | vocative |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 pray | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 pray | cc |
| 41 | pray | pray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 Stay | conj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 God | case |
| 43 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 pray | obl |
| 44 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 me | case |
| 45 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 41 pray | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
| 47 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the Prince | Princess | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | come | past | Prince | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | meet | to-infinitive | Prince not said here | Princess | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | lead | past | Prince not said here | Princess | aside property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||
| 5 | give | past | Prince not said here | a prayer book | Princess | Princess's hand | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient book=Theme | ||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past | Princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 7 | stay in a quote | infinitive | here | Princess vocative | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 8 | pray in a quote | infinitive | God | for me | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for i=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: «Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales», Project Gutenberg book 29672 (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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