The Orange Fairy Book, Opening, part 38, sentence 77
'He is really young and handsome,' said the princess to herself, heaving a sigh of relief that it was not some dreadful old man who had healed her father; and while the king was announcing to his courtiers the wonderful cure that had been made, Diamantina was thinking that if Gilguerillo looked so well in his common dress, how much improved by the splendid garments of a king' son.
Who acts: king, sigh, dreadful old man, Diamantina, Gilguerillo · What happens: be, say, heave, not be, heal, announce · To what, where: princess, sigh, dreadful old man, father, courtiers, wonderful cure · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Orange Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Opening, part 38. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, sigh, dreadful old man, Diamantina), 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 | _ | 5 young | punct |
| 2 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 young | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 young | cop |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 young | advmod |
| 5 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 handsome | cc |
| 7 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 young | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 9 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 young | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 herself | case |
| 14 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 said | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 heaving | punct |
| 16 | heaving | heave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 said | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 sigh | det |
| 18 | sigh | sigh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 heaving | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 relief | case |
| 20 | relief | relief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sigh | nmod |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 man | mark |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 man | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 man | cop |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 28 man | advmod |
| 25 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 28 man | det |
| 26 | dreadful | dreadful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 man | amod |
| 27 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 man | amod |
| 28 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 heaving | advcl |
| 29 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 healed | nsubj |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 healed | aux |
| 31 | healed | heal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 man | acl:relcl |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 father | nmod:poss |
| 33 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 healed | obj |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 54 thinking | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 thinking | cc |
| 36 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 40 announcing | mark |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 king | det |
| 38 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 announcing | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 announcing | aux |
| 40 | announcing | announce | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 54 thinking | advcl |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 courtiers | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 courtiers | nmod:poss |
| 43 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 announcing | obl |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 cure | det |
| 45 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 cure | amod |
| 46 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 courtiers | appos |
| 47 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 made | obl |
| 48 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 made | aux |
| 49 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 50 made | aux:pass |
| 50 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 cure | acl:relcl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 announcing | punct |
| 52 | Diamantina | Diamantina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 54 thinking | nsubj |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 thinking | aux |
| 54 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 young | advcl |
| 55 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 58 looked | mark |
| 56 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 58 looked | mark |
| 57 | Gilguerillo | Gilguerillo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 looked | nsubj |
| 58 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 thinking | advcl |
| 59 | so | so | ADV | _ | 60 well | advmod |
| 60 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 64 dress | advmod |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 64 dress | case |
| 62 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 dress | nmod:poss |
| 63 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 dress | amod |
| 64 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 looked | obj |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 improved | punct |
| 66 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 67 much | advmod |
| 67 | much | much | ADV | _ | 68 improved | advmod |
| 68 | improved | improve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 64 dress | acl:relcl |
| 69 | by | by | ADP | _ | 72 garments | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 72 garments | det |
| 71 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 garments | amod |
| 72 | garments | garment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 improved | obl |
| 73 | of | of | ADP | _ | 75 king | case |
| 74 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 75 king | det |
| 75 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 son | compound |
| 76 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 75 king | punct |
| 77 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 garments | nmod |
| 78 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 young | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | king | young property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | king not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | king not said here | the princess | princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent princess=Topic to herself=Recipient | |||
| 4 | heave | gerund | king not said here | a sigh of relief | vn push-12 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sigh=Theme | ||||
| 5 | not is a | past | sigh | some dreadful old man | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | heal | past · perfect | some dreadful old man | princess's father | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent father=Patient | ||||
| 7 | announce speech: other | past · progressive | the king | king's courtiers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to courtier=Recipient | ||||
| 8 | make | past · perfect · passive | the wonderful cure | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | |||||
| 9 | think speech: other | past · progressive | Diamantina | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | look a condition, not said to happen | past | Gilguerillo | king's common dress | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme dress=Attribute | ||||
| 11 | improve | participle | by the splendid garments king son | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 12 | sigh | relief | nom sigh «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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