The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 14, sentence 2
So there was no luck so far; but the next day the prince passed by again and looked at her, and saluted her kindly, as a prince might a farmer’s daughter, and passed one; and soon the witch’s daughter passed by, and found her combing her hair, and pearls and diamonds dropping from it.
Who acts: luck, pearls · What happens: be, pass, look, salute, pass by, find · To what, where: next day, prince, luck, one, daughter, hair
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 14. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (luck, pearls), 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 | _ | 3 was | advmod |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 was | expl |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 day | cop |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 luck | det |
| 5 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 was | nsubj |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 far | advmod |
| 7 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 was | advmod |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 day | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 day | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 day | det |
| 11 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 day | amod |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 prince | det |
| 14 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 day | appos |
| 15 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 prince | acl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 again | case |
| 17 | again | again | ADV | _ | 15 passed | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 looked | cc |
| 19 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 passed | conj |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 her | case |
| 21 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 looked | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 saluted | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 saluted | cc |
| 24 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 looked | conj |
| 25 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 saluted | obj |
| 26 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 24 saluted | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 daughter | punct |
| 28 | as | as | ADP | _ | 35 daughter | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 prince | det |
| 30 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 daughter | nsubj |
| 31 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 35 daughter | aux |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 farmer | det |
| 33 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 34 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 33 farmer | case |
| 35 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 saluted | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 passed | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 passed | cc |
| 38 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 saluted | parataxis |
| 39 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 38 passed | obj |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 daughter | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 daughter | cc |
| 42 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 46 daughter | advmod |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 witch | det |
| 44 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 45 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 44 witch | case |
| 46 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 looked | parataxis |
| 47 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 daughter | acl |
| 48 | by | by | ADP | _ | 47 passed | advmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 found | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 found | cc |
| 51 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 looked | parataxis |
| 52 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 found | obj |
| 53 | combing | comb | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 51 found | xcomp |
| 54 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 hair | nmod:poss |
| 55 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 combing | obj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 dropping | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 dropping | cc |
| 58 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 dropping | nsubj |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 diamonds | cc |
| 60 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 pearls | conj |
| 61 | dropping | drop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 found | advcl |
| 62 | from | from | ADP | _ | 63 it | case |
| 63 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 dropping | obl |
| 64 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 day | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the next day | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pass | participle | the prince not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by again=Location | |||||
| 3 | look | past | at luck | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme | |||||
| 4 | salute | past | luck | kindly property | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic | ||||
| 5 | pass | past | one | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme one=Trajectory | |||||
| 6 | pass by | participle | the witch's daughter not said here | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | find | past | luck | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent she=Attribute clause=Theme | |||||
| 8 | comb | gerund | luck not said here | luck's hair | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient | ||||
| 9 | drop | gerund | pearls and diamonds | hair | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from it=Trajectory |
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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