The Brown Fairy Book, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate, sentence 120
It happened that, a little before this time, the princess had been sent away for her health to another remote province; and whilst she was there her old friend, the governor’s wife, had begged her to come and stay with them as soon as she could.
Who acts: It, princess · What happens: happen, send away, be, beg, come, stay · To what, where: that, princess, old friend
This is a sentence of «The Brown Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Story Of The King Who Would Be Stronger Than Fate. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, princess), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 happened | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 little | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 little | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 happened | conj |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 9 time | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 time | det |
| 9 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 little | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sent | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sent | aux |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 sent | aux:pass |
| 15 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 happened | parataxis |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 sent | advmod |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 health | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 health | nmod:poss |
| 19 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obl |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 province | case |
| 21 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 23 province | det |
| 22 | remote | remote | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 province | amod |
| 23 | province | province | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sent | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 begged | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 begged | cc |
| 26 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 29 there | mark |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 there | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 there | cop |
| 29 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 begged | advcl |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 friend | nmod:poss |
| 31 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 friend | amod |
| 32 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 begged | nsubj:pass |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 wife | punct |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 governor | det |
| 35 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 wife | nmod:poss |
| 36 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 35 governor | case |
| 37 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 friend | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 friend | punct |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 begged | aux |
| 40 | begged | beg | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 happened | conj |
| 41 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 begged | obj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 come | mark |
| 43 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 begged | advcl |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 stay | cc |
| 45 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 come | conj |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 them | case |
| 47 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 stay | obl |
| 48 | as | as | ADV | _ | 49 soon | advmod |
| 49 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 45 stay | advmod |
| 50 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 52 could | mark |
| 51 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 could | nsubj |
| 52 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 soon | advcl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | It | that | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send away | past · perfect · passive | the princess | for princess's health; to another remote province; away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | past | princess | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | beg speech: request | past · perfect · passive | princess's old friend and the governor's wife | princess | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | come | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 6 | stay | infinitive | with friend; soon property | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with they=Location |
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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