The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 22, sentence 85
These words much displeased the king, who felt that, in breaking off the marriage already arranged he would almost certainly be bringing on his subjects a long and bloody war; so, without answering, he turned away, hoping that a few days might bring his son to reason.
Who acts: words, king, Tulip, few days · What happens: displease, feel, break off, arrange, bring, answer · To what, where: king, marriage, subjects, son, reason · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (words, king, Tulip, few days), 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 | These | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 2 words | det |
| 2 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 displeased | nsubj |
| 3 | much | much | ADV | _ | 4 displeased | advmod |
| 4 | displeased | displease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 displeased | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 felt | punct |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 felt | nsubj |
| 9 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 king | acl:relcl |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 breaking | mark |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 breaking | punct |
| 12 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 13 breaking | mark |
| 13 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 felt | advcl |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 breaking | compound:prt |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 marriage | det |
| 16 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 breaking | obj |
| 17 | already | already | ADV | _ | 18 arranged | advmod |
| 18 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 breaking | advcl |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 bringing | nsubj |
| 20 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 bringing | aux |
| 21 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 22 certainly | advmod |
| 22 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 24 bringing | advmod |
| 23 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 24 bringing | aux |
| 24 | bringing | bring | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 arranged | ccomp |
| 25 | on | on | ADP | _ | 27 subjects | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 27 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 bringing | obl |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 war | det |
| 29 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 war | amod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 bloody | cc |
| 31 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 long | conj |
| 32 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 subjects | nmod |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 turned | punct |
| 34 | so | so | ADV | _ | 40 turned | advmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 so | punct |
| 36 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 37 answering | mark |
| 37 | answering | answer | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 turned | advcl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 answering | punct |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 turned | nsubj |
| 40 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 displeased | conj |
| 41 | away | away | ADV | _ | 40 turned | advmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 hoping | punct |
| 43 | hoping | hope | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 40 turned | advcl |
| 44 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 bring | mark |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 days | det |
| 46 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 days | amod |
| 47 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 bring | nsubj |
| 48 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 bring | aux |
| 49 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 hoping | ccomp |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 son | nmod:poss |
| 51 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 bring | obj |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 reason | case |
| 53 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 bring | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 displeased | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | displease | past | this words | the king | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | feel | past | the king | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | break off | gerund | the king not said here | the marriage | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer marriage=Patient | ||||
| 4 | arrange | past | the king not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | bring | would · progressive | Tulip | Tulip's subjects a long war | certainly property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on subject=Destination | |||
| 6 | answer speech: assert | gerund | Tulip not said here | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | turn away | past | Tulip | away property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | hope | gerund | Tulip not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 9 | bring | might | a few days | Tulip's son | reason | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent son=Theme to reason=Destination |
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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