The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 12, sentence 103
'My dearest wife, what is the matter with you?' he cried, kneeling down beside her, and trying to take her hand; but she snatched it away, and pointing to her cheek murmured something he could not catch.
Who acts: dearest wife, princess, pointing, matter · What happens: be, cry, kneel down, try, take, snatch away · To what, where: matter, hand, palace, cheek, something · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (dearest wife, princess, pointing, matter), 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 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 wife | punct |
| 2 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wife | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dearest | dear | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 wife | amod |
| 4 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cried | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 matter | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 matter | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 matter | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 matter | det |
| 9 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wife | appos |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 you | case |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 matter | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wife | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 wife | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 cried | nsubj |
| 15 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 kneeling | punct |
| 17 | kneeling | kneel | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 cried | advcl |
| 18 | down | down | ADV | _ | 17 kneeling | advmod |
| 19 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 20 her | case |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 kneeling | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 trying | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 trying | cc |
| 23 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 kneeling | conj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 take | mark |
| 25 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 trying | xcomp |
| 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 | 25 take | obj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 snatched | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 31 snatched | cc |
| 30 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 snatched | nsubj |
| 31 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 cried | conj |
| 32 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 snatched | obj |
| 33 | away | away | ADV | _ | 31 snatched | advmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 murmured | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 murmured | cc |
| 36 | pointing | point | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 murmured | csubj |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 cheek | case |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 cheek | nmod:poss |
| 39 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 pointing | obl |
| 40 | murmured | murmur | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 cried | conj |
| 41 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 40 murmured | obj |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 catch | nsubj |
| 43 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 45 catch | aux |
| 44 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 45 catch | advmod |
| 45 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 something | acl:relcl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | My dearest wife | the matter | with you | tree rules | |||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | My dearest wife | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | kneel down | gerund | My dearest wife not said here | beside princess; down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside she=Location | ||||
| 4 | try | gerund | My dearest wife not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | My dearest wife not said here | princess's hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | ||||
| 6 | snatch away | past | princess | palace | away property | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 7 | point | gerund | princess's cheek | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to cheek=Recipient | |||||
| 8 | murmur speech: other | past | pointing | something | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic | ||||
| 9 | not catch | could | matter | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: 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 Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3027 (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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