The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 22, sentence 54
But, as unluckily often happens, the one to whom she owed the most, the crab-fairy, was forgotten, and by this, as in the case of other babies you have read about, much mischief was wrought.
Who acts: this, queen, you, much mischief · What happens: happen, owe, forget, read, be · To what, where: one, case
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (this, queen, you, much mischief), 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 | _ | 23 forgotten | cc |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 happens | punct |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 happens | mark |
| 4 | unluckily | unluckily | ADV | _ | 5 often | advmod |
| 5 | often | often | ADV | _ | 6 happens | advmod |
| 6 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 forgotten | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 one | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 happens | obl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 whom | case |
| 11 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 one | nmod |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 owed | nsubj |
| 13 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 whom | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 most | det |
| 15 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 13 owed | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fairy | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 fairy | det |
| 18 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 fairy | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 crab | punct |
| 20 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 one | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 forgotten | punct |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 forgotten | aux:pass |
| 23 | forgotten | forget | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 this | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 this | cc |
| 26 | by | by | ADP | _ | 27 this | case |
| 27 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 forgotten | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 read | punct |
| 29 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 38 read | mark |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 case | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 case | det |
| 32 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 read | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 babies | case |
| 34 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 babies | amod |
| 35 | babies | baby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 read | obl |
| 36 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 read | nsubj |
| 37 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 read | aux |
| 38 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 forgotten | advcl |
| 39 | about | about | ADV | _ | 38 read | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 wrought | punct |
| 41 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 mischief | amod |
| 42 | mischief | mischief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 wrought | nsubj |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 wrought | cop |
| 44 | wrought | wrought | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 read | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 forgotten | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | this not said here | the one and the crab fairy | often property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | owe | past | queen | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | forget | past · passive | this | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | read | present · perfect | you | the case | of other babies; about property | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of baby=Topic | |||
| 5 | is | past | much mischief | wrought property | tree rules |
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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