The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 12, sentence 110
This so frightened the pretended wife, who knew that if the physicians once came near her the trick would at once be discovered, that she forgot her mother's counsel not to speak, and forgot even the spell that had been laid upon her, and catching hold of the prince's tunic, she cried in tones of entreaty: 'Dirty creatures!'
Who acts: This, pretended wife, physicians, princess · What happens: frighten, pretend, know, come, discover, forget · To what, where: pretended wife, trick, counsel, spell, hold, Dirty creatures · 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 (This, pretended wife, physicians, 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 | This | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 frightened | nsubj |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 frightened | advmod |
| 3 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wife | det |
| 5 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 wife | amod |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 frightened | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 knew | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 knew | nsubj |
| 9 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 wife | acl:relcl |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 discovered | mark |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 came | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 physicians | det |
| 13 | physicians | physician | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 came | nsubj |
| 14 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 15 came | advmod |
| 15 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 discovered | advcl |
| 16 | near | near | ADP | _ | 17 her | case |
| 17 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 came | obl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 trick | det |
| 19 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 discovered | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 discovered | aux |
| 21 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 once | case |
| 22 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 24 discovered | obl |
| 23 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 discovered | aux:pass |
| 24 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 knew | ccomp |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 forgot | punct |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 forgot | mark |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 forgot | nsubj |
| 28 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 discovered | conj |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 mother | nmod:poss |
| 30 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 counsel | nmod:poss |
| 31 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 30 mother | case |
| 32 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 forgot | obj |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 35 speak | advmod |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 speak | mark |
| 35 | speak | speak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 forgot | xcomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 forgot | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 forgot | cc |
| 38 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 frightened | conj |
| 39 | even | even | ADV | _ | 41 spell | advmod |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 spell | det |
| 41 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 forgot | obj |
| 42 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 laid | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 laid | aux |
| 44 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 45 laid | aux:pass |
| 45 | laid | lay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 spell | acl:relcl |
| 46 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 47 her | case |
| 47 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 laid | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 catching | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 catching | cc |
| 50 | catching | catch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 forgot | advcl |
| 51 | hold | hold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 catching | obj |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 tunic | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 prince | det |
| 54 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 tunic | nmod:poss |
| 55 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 54 prince | case |
| 56 | tunic | tunic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 hold | nmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 cried | punct |
| 58 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 cried | nsubj |
| 59 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 frightened | conj |
| 60 | in | in | ADP | _ | 61 tones | case |
| 61 | tones | tone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 cried | obl |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 entreaty | case |
| 63 | entreaty | entreaty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 tones | nmod |
| 64 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 67 creatures | punct |
| 65 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 67 creatures | punct |
| 66 | Dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 creatures | amod |
| 67 | creatures | creature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 cried | obl |
| 68 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 67 creatures | punct |
| 69 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 67 creatures | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | past | This | the pretended wife | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus wife=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | pretend | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | know | past | the pretended wife | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | come a condition, not said to happen | past | the physicians | near princess; once property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near she=Location | ||||
| 5 | discover | would · passive | the trick | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | |||||
| 6 | forget | past | princess | princess's mother's counsel | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | speak speech: other | to-infinitive | princess not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | forget | past | This not said here | the spell | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | lay | past · perfect · passive | the spell | upon princess | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme upon she=Destination | ||||
| 10 | catch | gerund | This not said here | hold of the prince's tunic | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hold=Theme | ||||
| 11 | cry speech: express | past | princess | Dirty creatures | tones of entreaty | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tone=Location | |||
| 12 | hold | the prince's tunic | nom hold «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 13 | intonate | entreaty | nom tone «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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