The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 28, sentence 89
'Oh, let us go in them for a sail!' cried the princess, who had long ago left her game of ball for a sight of these marvels, and, as she was bent upon it, the ambassadors, who had been charged never to lose sight of her, were obliged to go also, though they never entered a boat if they could help it.
Who acts: us, princess, boats · What happens: let, go, cry, leave, bend, charge · To what, where: us, princess, game, sight, ambassadors, boat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 28. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (us, princess, boats), 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 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 let | punct |
| 2 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 4 let | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Oh | punct |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 cried | ccomp |
| 5 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 let | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 go | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 sail | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sail | det |
| 11 | sail | sail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | obl |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 let | punct |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 let | punct |
| 14 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 princess | det |
| 16 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cried | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 left | punct |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 left | nsubj |
| 19 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 left | aux |
| 20 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 21 ago | advmod |
| 21 | ago | ago | ADV | _ | 22 left | advmod |
| 22 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 princess | acl:relcl |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 game | nmod:poss |
| 24 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 left | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 ball | case |
| 26 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 game | nmod |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 sight | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 sight | det |
| 29 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 left | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 marvels | case |
| 31 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 32 marvels | det |
| 32 | marvels | marvel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 sight | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 bent | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 bent | cc |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 bent | punct |
| 36 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 bent | mark |
| 37 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 bent | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 bent | aux:pass |
| 39 | bent | bend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 cried | conj |
| 40 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 41 it | case |
| 41 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 bent | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 ambassadors | punct |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 ambassadors | det |
| 44 | ambassadors | ambassador | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 obliged | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 charged | punct |
| 46 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 49 charged | nsubj:pass |
| 47 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 charged | aux |
| 48 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 49 charged | aux:pass |
| 49 | charged | charge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 ambassadors | acl:relcl |
| 50 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 52 lose | advmod |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 lose | mark |
| 52 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 charged | xcomp |
| 53 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 lose | obj |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 her | case |
| 55 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 sight | nmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 ambassadors | punct |
| 57 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 obliged | aux:pass |
| 58 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 cried | parataxis |
| 59 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 go | mark |
| 60 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 obliged | xcomp |
| 61 | also | also | ADV | _ | 60 go | advmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 66 entered | punct |
| 63 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 66 entered | mark |
| 64 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 66 entered | nsubj |
| 65 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 66 entered | advmod |
| 66 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 obliged | conj |
| 67 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 68 boat | det |
| 68 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 entered | obj |
| 69 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 72 help | mark |
| 70 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 help | nsubj |
| 71 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 72 help | aux |
| 72 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 66 entered | advcl |
| 73 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 help | obj |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | infinitive | us | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | us not said here | in boats = boat; for a sail | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent in they=Location for sail=Theme | ||||
| 3 | cry speech: express | past | the princess | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | leave | past | the princess | princess's game of ball | for a sight of this marvels; ago property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent game=Theme for sight=Recipient | |||
| 5 | bend | past · passive | princess | sight | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme upon it=Location | ||||
| 6 | charge | past · perfect · passive | the ambassadors | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | not lose | to-infinitive | sight of princess | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | |||||
| 8 | oblige | past · passive | the ambassadors | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | |||||
| 9 | go | to-infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 10 | not enter | past | boats = boat | a boat | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme boat=Destination | ||||
| 11 | help a condition, not said to happen | could | boats = boat | sight | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary | ||||
| 12 | sight | this marvels | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 13 | sight | princess | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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