The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 27, sentence 26
At first the queen took care to keep near the rest of the hunt, but gradually she stayed away longer and longer, and at last, one morning, she took advantage of the appearance of a wild boar, after which her whole court instantly galloped, to turn into a path in the opposite direction.
Who acts: queen, whole court · What happens: take, keep, stay away, gallop, turn · To what, where: care, rest, advantage, path
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 27. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (queen, whole court), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 first | case |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 took | obl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 queen | det |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | nsubj |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 keep | mark |
| 8 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 took | advcl |
| 9 | near | near | ADP | _ | 11 rest | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rest | det |
| 11 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 keep | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 hunt | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 hunt | det |
| 14 | hunt | hunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rest | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 stayed | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 stayed | cc |
| 17 | gradually | gradually | ADV | _ | 19 stayed | advmod |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 stayed | nsubj |
| 19 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 20 | away | away | ADV | _ | 19 stayed | advmod |
| 21 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 19 stayed | advmod |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 longer | cc |
| 23 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 21 longer | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 morning | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 morning | cc |
| 26 | at | at | ADP | _ | 27 last | case |
| 27 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 morning | amod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 last | punct |
| 29 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 30 morning | nummod |
| 30 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 took | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 took | punct |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 took | nsubj |
| 33 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 took | conj |
| 34 | advantage | advantage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 took | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 appearance | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 appearance | det |
| 37 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 advantage | nmod |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 boar | case |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 boar | det |
| 40 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 boar | amod |
| 41 | boar | boar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 appearance | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 galloped | punct |
| 43 | after | after | ADP | _ | 44 which | case |
| 44 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 galloped | obl |
| 45 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 court | nmod:poss |
| 46 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 court | amod |
| 47 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 galloped | nsubj |
| 48 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 49 galloped | advmod |
| 49 | galloped | gallop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 took | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 turn | punct |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 turn | mark |
| 52 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 galloped | conj |
| 53 | into | into | ADP | _ | 55 path | case |
| 54 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 55 path | det |
| 55 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 turn | obl |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 59 direction | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 direction | det |
| 58 | opposite | opposite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 direction | amod |
| 59 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 turn | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | the queen | care | morning | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent care=Theme at first=Asset | |||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | the queen not said here | the rest of the hunt | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent near rest=Location | ||||
| 3 | stay away | past | queen | away, gradually, long property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | take | past | queen | advantage of the appearance of a wild boar | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme | ||||
| 5 | gallop | past | queen's whole court | instantly property | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | turn | to-infinitive | queen's whole court not said here | a path | in the opposite direction | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into path=Source in direction=Trajectory |
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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