The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12, sentence 112
But that very night she woke up out of her sleep in a great hall that was lighted up with a thousand lamps; the richest carpets were on the floor, and the walls were covered with cloth of gold and silver, and the place was full of grand company, and the very beautiful prince she saw in her dreams was there, and it wasn’t a moment till he was on one knee before her, and telling her how much he loved her, and asking her wouldn’t she be his queen.
Who acts: Norway, richest carpets, place, beautiful prince, king · What happens: wake up, light up, be, cover, see, not be · To what, where: sleep, great hall, floor, walls, beautiful prince, dreams · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 12. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Norway, richest carpets, place, beautiful prince), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 woke | cc |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 night | det |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 night | advmod |
| 4 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 woke | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 woke | nsubj |
| 6 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 woke | compound:prt |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 sleep | case |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 sleep | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 sleep | nmod:poss |
| 11 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 woke | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 hall | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 hall | det |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 hall | amod |
| 15 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sleep | nmod |
| 16 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 lighted | nsubj |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 lighted | aux:pass |
| 18 | lighted | light | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 hall | acl:relcl |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 18 lighted | compound:prt |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 lamps | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 thousand | det |
| 22 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 lamps | nummod |
| 23 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 lighted | obl |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 floor | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 carpets | det |
| 26 | richest | rich | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 27 carpets | amod |
| 27 | carpets | carpet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 floor | nsubj |
| 28 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 floor | cop |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 floor | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 floor | det |
| 31 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 woke | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 covered | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 covered | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 walls | det |
| 35 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 covered | aux:pass |
| 37 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 woke | conj |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 cloth | case |
| 39 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 covered | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 gold | case |
| 41 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 cloth | nmod |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 silver | cc |
| 43 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 cloth | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 full | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 full | cc |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 place | det |
| 47 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 full | nsubj |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 full | cop |
| 49 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 woke | conj |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 company | case |
| 51 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 company | amod |
| 52 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 full | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 there | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 there | cc |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 prince | det |
| 56 | very | very | ADV | _ | 57 beautiful | advmod |
| 57 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 prince | amod |
| 58 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 there | nsubj |
| 59 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 60 saw | nsubj |
| 60 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 58 prince | acl:relcl |
| 61 | in | in | ADP | _ | 63 dreams | case |
| 62 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 63 dreams | nmod:poss |
| 63 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 saw | obl |
| 64 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 65 there | cop |
| 65 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 woke | parataxis |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 moment | punct |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 moment | cc |
| 68 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 moment | nsubj |
| 69 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 moment | cop |
| 70 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 72 moment | advmod |
| 71 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 72 moment | det |
| 72 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 woke | obl |
| 73 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 78 knee | mark |
| 74 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 78 knee | nsubj |
| 75 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 78 knee | cop |
| 76 | on | on | ADP | _ | 78 knee | case |
| 77 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 78 knee | nummod |
| 78 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 72 moment | advcl |
| 79 | before | before | ADP | _ | 80 her | case |
| 80 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 woke | obl |
| 81 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 83 telling | punct |
| 82 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 83 telling | cc |
| 83 | telling | tell | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 woke | advcl |
| 84 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 83 telling | obj |
| 85 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 86 much | advmod |
| 86 | much | much | ADV | _ | 88 loved | advmod |
| 87 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 88 loved | nsubj |
| 88 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 83 telling | ccomp |
| 89 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 88 loved | obj |
| 90 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 99 queen | punct |
| 91 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 99 queen | cc |
| 92 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 99 queen | csubj |
| 93 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 92 asking | obj |
| 94 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 99 queen | aux |
| 95 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 99 queen | advmod |
| 96 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 99 queen | nsubj |
| 97 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 99 queen | cop |
| 98 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 99 queen | nmod:poss |
| 99 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 woke | obl |
| 100 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 woke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | past | Norway | Norway's sleep in a great hall | before Munster; night | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | light up | past · passive | a great hall | with thousand lamps | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product with lamp=Material | ||||
| 3 | is | past | the richest carpets | the floor | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | cover | past · passive | the walls | with cloth of gold and silver | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with cloth=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is | past | the place | of grand company; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | see | past | Norway | the beautiful prince not said here | Norway's dreams | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | |||
| 7 | is | past | the beautiful prince | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | not is a | past | place | a moment | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | is | past | king | one knee | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | tell speech: assert | gerund | Norway not said here | Norway | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 11 | love | past | king | Norway | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 12 | ask speech: ask | gerund | Norway | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | |||||
| 13 | not is a | would | Norway | king's queen | tree rules | ||||
| 14 | sleep | Norway | a great hall | nom sleep «state intransitive»: poss=agent in=place | |||||
| 15 | dream | Norway | nom dream «cognition transitive»: 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 Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 3454 (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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