The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 12, sentence 82
The old king was naturally disappointed at his son's choice of a wife, as he wished him to marry a neighbouring princess; but as from his birth the prince had always done exactly as he like, nothing was said and a splendid wedding feast was got ready.
Who acts: old king, king · What happens: be, wish, marry, neighbour, do, say · To what, where: choice, son, neighbouring princess, prince, birth, king · 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 (old king, king), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 king | amod |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disappointed | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 disappointed | cop |
| 5 | naturally | naturally | ADV | _ | 6 disappointed | advmod |
| 6 | disappointed | disappointed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 choice | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 son | nmod:poss |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 choice | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 son | case |
| 11 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 disappointed | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 wife | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 wife | det |
| 14 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 choice | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 wished | punct |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 18 wished | mark |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 wished | nsubj |
| 18 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 disappointed | conj |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 wished | obj |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 marry | mark |
| 21 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 wished | advcl |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 princess | det |
| 23 | neighbouring | neighbour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 princess | amod |
| 24 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 marry | obj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 done | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 done | cc |
| 27 | as | as | ADV | _ | 35 done | advmod |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 birth | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 birth | nmod:poss |
| 30 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 done | obl |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 prince | det |
| 32 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 done | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 done | aux |
| 34 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 35 done | advmod |
| 35 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 disappointed | conj |
| 36 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 43 said | advmod |
| 37 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 43 said | mark |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 said | nsubj |
| 39 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 43 said | discourse |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 like | punct |
| 41 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 43 said | nsubj:pass |
| 42 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 said | aux:pass |
| 43 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 done | advcl |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 got | cc |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 feast | det |
| 46 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 feast | amod |
| 47 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 feast | compound |
| 48 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 got | nsubj |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 got | aux:pass |
| 50 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 done | conj |
| 51 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 got | xcomp |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 disappointed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the old king | king's son's choice of a wife | disappointed, naturally property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | wish | past | king | son | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | marry | to-infinitive | king not said here | a neighbouring princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | ||||
| 4 | neighbour | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | do | past · perfect · passive | the prince | king's birth | always property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||
| 6 | say speech: assert | past · passive | king | exactly property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 7 | get | past · passive | a splendid wedding feast | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
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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