The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 23, sentence 6
The prince, though transported with joy at the thought that Desiree was indeed to be his bride, was bitterly disappointed that she had not been allowed to return with Becasigue, as he had foolishly expected; and never having been taught to deny himself anything or to control his feelings, he fell as ill as he had done before.
Who acts: Desiree, prince, ambassador · What happens: transport, be, not allow, return, expect, not teach · To what, where: prince, thought, bride, ambassador, Desiree, feelings
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 23. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Desiree, prince, ambassador), 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 | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 disappointed | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 transported | punct |
| 4 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 5 transported | mark |
| 5 | transported | transport | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 prince | acl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 joy | case |
| 7 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 transported | obl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 thought | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 thought | det |
| 10 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 transported | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 bride | mark |
| 12 | Desiree | Desiree | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 bride | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 bride | cop |
| 14 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 18 bride | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 bride | mark |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 bride | cop |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 bride | nmod:poss |
| 18 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thought | acl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 prince | punct |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 disappointed | cop |
| 21 | bitterly | bitterly | ADV | _ | 22 disappointed | advmod |
| 22 | disappointed | disappointed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 allowed | mark |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 allowed | aux |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 allowed | advmod |
| 27 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 allowed | aux:pass |
| 28 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 disappointed | advcl |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 return | mark |
| 30 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 allowed | xcomp |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 Becasigue | case |
| 32 | Becasigue | Becasigue | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 return | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 expected | punct |
| 34 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 38 expected | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 expected | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 expected | aux |
| 37 | foolishly | foolishly | ADV | _ | 38 expected | advmod |
| 38 | expected | expect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 30 return | advcl |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 44 taught | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 taught | cc |
| 41 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 44 taught | advmod |
| 42 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 taught | aux |
| 43 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 44 taught | aux:pass |
| 44 | taught | teach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 disappointed | parataxis |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 deny | mark |
| 46 | deny | deny | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 taught | xcomp |
| 47 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 46 deny | obj |
| 48 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 46 deny | obj |
| 49 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 51 control | cc |
| 50 | to | to | PART | _ | 51 control | mark |
| 51 | control | control | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 deny | conj |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 feelings | nmod:poss |
| 53 | feelings | feeling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 control | obj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 fell | punct |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 fell | nsubj |
| 56 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 disappointed | parataxis |
| 57 | as | as | ADV | _ | 58 ill | advmod |
| 58 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 fell | xcomp |
| 59 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 62 done | mark |
| 60 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 done | nsubj |
| 61 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 done | aux |
| 62 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 56 fell | advcl |
| 63 | before | before | ADV | _ | 62 done | advmod |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 disappointed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | transport | participle | the prince not said here | the thought | with joy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | is a | past | Desiree | Desiree's bride | indeed property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is | past | the prince | bitterly, disappointed property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not allow | past · perfect · passive | ambassador | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | return not said to happen | to-infinitive | ambassador not said here | with Becasigue | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | expect | past · perfect · passive | Desiree | foolishly property | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not teach speech: other | gerund · perfect · passive | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: clause=Topic | ||||||
| 8 | deny | to-infinitive | Desiree | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme anything=Eventuality | |||||
| 9 | control | to-infinitive | Desiree's feelings | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feeling=Theme | |||||
| 10 | fall | past | Desiree | ill property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 11 | do | past · perfect | Desiree | before property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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