The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 29, sentence 34
For a long time the girl turned a deaf ear to all their prayers; but at length a young prince of rare gifts touched her heart, and though the king had left her free to choose what husband she would, he had secretly hoped that out of all the wooers this one might be his son-in-law.
Who acts: girl, young prince, king, one, countries · What happens: turn, touch, leave, choose, hope, be · To what, where: deaf ear, prayers, heart, length, that, wooers
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 29. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, young prince, king, one), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 time | det |
| 3 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turned | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turned | nsubj |
| 7 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 ear | det |
| 9 | deaf | deaf | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ear | amod |
| 10 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 turned | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 prayers | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 prayers | det:predet |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 prayers | nmod:poss |
| 14 | prayers | prayer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 turned | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 touched | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 touched | cc |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 length | case |
| 18 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 touched | obl |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 prince | det |
| 20 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 prince | amod |
| 21 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 touched | nsubj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 gifts | case |
| 23 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 gifts | amod |
| 24 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 prince | nmod |
| 25 | touched | touch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 turned | conj |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 heart | nmod:poss |
| 27 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 touched | obj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 left | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 left | cc |
| 30 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 34 left | mark |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 king | det |
| 32 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 left | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 left | aux |
| 34 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 turned | conj |
| 35 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 free | nmod:poss |
| 36 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 left | xcomp |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 choose | mark |
| 38 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 free | advcl |
| 39 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 38 choose | obj |
| 40 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 would | nsubj |
| 41 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 would | nsubj |
| 42 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 39 what | acl:relcl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 hoped | punct |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 hoped | nsubj |
| 45 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 hoped | aux |
| 46 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 47 hoped | advmod |
| 47 | hoped | hope | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 turned | conj |
| 48 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 47 hoped | obj |
| 49 | out | out | ADP | _ | 53 wooers | case |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 wooers | case |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 wooers | det:predet |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 wooers | det |
| 53 | wooers | wooer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 hoped | obl |
| 54 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 55 one | det |
| 55 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 law | nsubj |
| 56 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 law | aux |
| 57 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 63 law | cop |
| 58 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 law | nmod:poss |
| 59 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 law | nsubj |
| 60 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 63 law | punct |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 law | case |
| 62 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 61 in | punct |
| 63 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 wooers | acl:relcl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the girl | a deaf ear | countries's prayers | time | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ear=Theme to prayer=Trajectory | ||
| 2 | touch | past | a young prince of rare gifts | girl's heart | length | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme heart=Co-Theme | |||
| 3 | leave | past · perfect | the king | free property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | choose | to-infinitive | the king not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | |||||
| 5 | hope | past · perfect | king | that | all wooers | secretly property | tree rules | ||
| 6 | is | might | this one | all wooers not said here | king's law | tree rules | |||
| 7 | pray | countries = country | nom prayer «act intransitive»: poss=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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