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The Brown Fairy Book, The Brown Fairy Book, part 18, sentence 65

“Do not be afraid,” he said, “I shall not hurt you”; and he began to praise her gardens, of which he had heard the servants speak, and the birds and flowers which she loved, till the princess’s anger softened, and she answered him with gentle words.

Who acts: prince, servants, princess, anger · What happens: not be, say, not hurt, begin, praise, hear · To what, where: you, gardens, birds, prince · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Brown Fairy Book, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, servants, princess, anger), 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

punctauxadvmodcopccomppunctpunctnsubjpunctpunctnsubjauxadvmodccompobjpunctpunctccnsubjconjmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctcaseoblnsubjauxparataxisdetnsubjccomppunctccdetconjccconjobjnsubjacl:relclpunctmarkdetnmod:posscasensubjccomppunctccnsubjparataxisobjcaseamodoblpunctroot“PUNCTDoAUXnotPARTbeAUXafraidADJ,PUNCT”PUNCThePRONsaidVERB,PUNCT“PUNCTIPRONshallAUXnotPARThurtVERByouPRON”PUNCT;PUNCTandCCONJhePRONbeganVERBtoPARTpraiseVERBherPRONgardensNOUN,PUNCTofADPwhichPRONhePRONhadAUXheardVERBtheDETservantsNOUNspeakVERB,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETbirdsNOUNandCCONJflowersNOUNwhichPRONshePRONlovedVERB,PUNCTtillSCONJtheDETprincessNOUN’sPARTangerNOUNsoftenedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJshePRONansweredVERBhimPRONwithADPgentleADJwordsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_5 afraidpunct
2DodoAUXMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin5 afraidaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 afraidadvmod
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 afraidcop
5afraidafraidADJDegree=Pos9 saidccomp
6,,PUNCT_5 afraidpunct
7”"PUNCT_5 afraidpunct
8hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 saidnsubj
9saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
10,,PUNCT_15 hurtpunct
11“"PUNCT_15 hurtpunct
12IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs15 hurtnsubj
13shallshallAUXVerbForm=Fin15 hurtaux
14notnotPARTPolarity=Neg15 hurtadvmod
15hurthurtVERBVerbForm=Inf9 saidccomp
16youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs15 hurtobj
17”"PUNCT_15 hurtpunct
18;;PUNCT_21 beganpunct
19andandCCONJ_21 begancc
20hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs21 begannsubj
21beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin9 saidconj
22totoPART_23 praisemark
23praisepraiseVERBVerbForm=Inf21 beganxcomp
24herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 gardensnmod:poss
25gardensgardenNOUNNumber=Plur23 praiseobj
26,,PUNCT_31 heardpunct
27ofofADP_28 whichcase
28whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel31 heardobl
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 heardnsubj
30hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 heardaux
31heardhearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part21 beganparataxis
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 servantsdet
33servantsservantNOUNNumber=Plur34 speaknsubj
34speakspeakVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 heardccomp
35,,PUNCT_38 birdspunct
36andandCCONJ_38 birdscc
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 birdsdet
38birdsbirdNOUNNumber=Plur31 heardconj
39andandCCONJ_40 flowerscc
40flowersflowerNOUNNumber=Plur38 birdsconj
41whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel43 lovedobj
42sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 lovednsubj
43lovedloveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin38 birdsacl:relcl
44,,PUNCT_50 softenedpunct
45tilltillSCONJ_50 softenedmark
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 princessdet
47princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing49 angernmod:poss
48’s'sPART_47 princesscase
49angerangerNOUNNumber=Sing50 softenednsubj
50softenedsoftenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 lovedccomp
51,,PUNCT_54 answeredpunct
52andandCCONJ_54 answeredcc
53sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs54 answerednsubj
54answeredanswerVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin50 softenedparataxis
55himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs54 answeredobj
56withwithADP_58 wordscase
57gentlegentleADJDegree=Pos58 wordsamod
58wordswordNOUNNumber=Plur54 answeredobl
59..PUNCT_9 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not is in a quoteinfinitive · do-supportafraid propertytree rules
2say speech: assertpastprincevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3not hurt in a quoteshallprinceyouvn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient
4beginpastprincevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5praiseto-infinitiveprince not said hereprincess's gardensvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garden=Theme
6hearpast · perfectprincevn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7speak speech: otherpresentthe servantsvn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8lovepastprincessthe birds and flowerstree rules
9softenpastthe princess's angervn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
10answer speech: assertpastprincessprincewith gentle wordsvn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality
11angerthe princessnom anger «feeling 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 Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3282 (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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