The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 29, sentence 35
So they were betrothed that some day with great pomp, and then with many tears, the prince set out for his father's court, bearing with him a portrait of Muffette.
What happens: betroth, set out, bear, portray · To what, where: sons, prince, portrait, Muffette
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: 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 betrothed | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 betrothed | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 betrothed | aux:pass |
| 4 | betrothed | betroth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 day | mark |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 betrothed | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 pomp | case |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 pomp | amod |
| 10 | pomp | pomp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 tears | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 tears | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 tears | advmod |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 tears | case |
| 15 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 tears | amod |
| 16 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 betrothed | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 prince | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 prince | det |
| 19 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 tears | appos |
| 20 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 prince | acl |
| 21 | out | out | ADP | _ | 20 set | compound:prt |
| 22 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 court | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 father | nmod:poss |
| 24 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 court | nmod:poss |
| 25 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 24 father | case |
| 26 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 set | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 bearing | punct |
| 28 | bearing | bear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 betrothed | advcl |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 him | case |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 bearing | obl |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 portrait | det |
| 32 | portrait | portrait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 bearing | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Muffette | case |
| 34 | Muffette | Muffette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 portrait | nmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 betrothed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | betroth | past · passive | sons = son | day | with many tears | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | set out | participle | the prince not said here | for prince's father's court | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | bear | gerund | a portrait of Muffette | with prince | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent portrait=Patient | ||||
| 4 | portray | Muffette | nom portrait «communication 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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