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The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 27, sentence 50

At these words the queen burst into tears, and implored her gaoler to put her to death rather than condemn her to such a life; but the Lion Fairy only laughed, and counselled her to try to make herself pleasant, as many worse things might befall her.

Who acts: queen, Lion Fairy, many worse things · What happens: burst, implore, put, condemn, laugh, counsell · To what, where: words, gaoler, queen

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, Lion Fairy, many worse things), 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

casedetobldetnsubjcaseoblpunctccconjnmod:possobjmarkadvclobjcaseoblccfixedconjobjcasedet:predetdetoblpunctccdetcompoundnsubjadvmodconjpunctccconjobjmarkxcompmarkxcompobjxcomppunctmarkamodamodnsubjauxconjobjpunctrootAtADPtheseDETwordsNOUNtheDETqueenNOUNburstVERBintoADPtearsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJimploredVERBherPRONgaolerNOUNtoPARTputVERBherPRONtoADPdeathNOUNratherADVthanADPcondemnVERBherPRONtoADPsuchDETaDETlifeNOUN;PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETLionPROPNFairyPROPNonlyADVlaughedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJcounselledVERBherPRONtoPARTtryVERBtoPARTmakeVERBherselfPRONpleasantADJ,PUNCTasSCONJmanyADJworseADJthingsNOUNmightAUXbefallVERBherPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_3 wordscase
2thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem3 wordsdet
3wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur6 burstobl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 queendet
5queenqueenNOUNNumber=Sing6 burstnsubj
6burstburstVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7intointoADP_8 tearscase
8tearstearNOUNNumber=Plur6 burstobl
9,,PUNCT_11 imploredpunct
10andandCCONJ_11 imploredcc
11imploredimploreVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 burstconj
12herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 gaolernmod:poss
13gaolergaolerNOUNNumber=Sing11 imploredobj
14totoPART_15 putmark
15putputVERBVerbForm=Inf11 imploredadvcl
16hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 putobj
17totoADP_18 deathcase
18deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing15 putobl
19ratherratherADVExtPos=CCONJ21 condemncc
20thanthanADP_19 ratherfixed
21condemncondemnVERBVerbForm=Inf15 putconj
22hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 condemnobj
23totoADP_26 lifecase
24suchsuchDETPronType=Ind26 lifedet:predet
25aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art26 lifedet
26lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing21 condemnobl
27;;PUNCT_33 laughedpunct
28butbutCCONJ_33 laughedcc
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 Fairydet
30LionLionPROPNNumber=Sing31 Fairycompound
31FairyFairyPROPNNumber=Sing33 laughednsubj
32onlyonlyADV_33 laughedadvmod
33laughedlaughVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 burstconj
34,,PUNCT_36 counselledpunct
35andandCCONJ_36 counselledcc
36counselledcounsellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 laughedconj
37hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 counselledobj
38totoPART_39 trymark
39trytryVERBVerbForm=Inf36 counselledxcomp
40totoPART_41 makemark
41makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf39 tryxcomp
42herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes41 makeobj
43pleasantpleasantADJDegree=Pos41 makexcomp
44,,PUNCT_50 befallpunct
45asasSCONJ_50 befallmark
46manymanyADJDegree=Pos48 thingsamod
47worsebadADJDegree=Cmp48 thingsamod
48thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur50 befallnsubj
49mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin50 befallaux
50befallbefallVERBVerbForm=Inf41 makeconj
51hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs50 befallobj
52..PUNCT_6 burstpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1burstpastthe queenthis wordsinto tearsvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at word=Location
2implorepastthe queen not said herequeen's gaolervn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gaoler=Recipient
3putto-infinitivethe queen not said herequeento deathvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal
4condemninfinitivethe queen not said herequeento such lifevn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
5laughpastthe Lion Fairyvn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6counsellpastthe Lion Fairy not said herequeentree rules
7tryto-infinitivethe Lion Fairy not said herevn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
8make not said to happento-infinitivethe Lion Fairy not said herequeenpleasant propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset herself=Product
9befallmightmany worse thingsqueentree 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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