The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22, sentence 21
‘It is ready, mistress,’ whispered a queer little voice which made her jump, and, looking behind her, she saw a lovely palace made of the finest woods, and a row of slaves with tall fans bowing before the door.
Who acts: house, queer little voice, snake, tall fans · What happens: be, whisper, make, jump, look, see · To what, where: queer little voice, snake, lovely palace, door
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 22. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (house, queer little voice, snake, tall fans), 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 | _ | 4 ready | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ready | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 ready | cop |
| 4 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mistress | punct |
| 6 | mistress | mistress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ready | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 whispered | punct |
| 8 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 whispered | punct |
| 9 | whispered | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ready | parataxis |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 voice | det |
| 11 | queer | queer | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 voice | amod |
| 12 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 voice | amod |
| 13 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 whispered | obj |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 made | nsubj |
| 15 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 voice | acl:relcl |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 made | obj |
| 17 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 made | xcomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 saw | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 saw | cc |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 looking | punct |
| 21 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 saw | advcl |
| 22 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 23 her | case |
| 23 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 looking | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 looking | punct |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 saw | nsubj |
| 26 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 whispered | conj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 palace | det |
| 28 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 palace | amod |
| 29 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 saw | obj |
| 30 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 palace | acl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 woods | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 woods | det |
| 33 | finest | fine | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 34 woods | amod |
| 34 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 made | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 row | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 row | cc |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 row | det |
| 38 | row | row | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ready | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 slaves | case |
| 40 | slaves | slave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 row | nmod |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 fans | case |
| 42 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 fans | amod |
| 43 | fans | fan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 slaves | nmod |
| 44 | bowing | bow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 43 fans | acl |
| 45 | before | before | ADP | _ | 47 door | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 door | det |
| 47 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 bowing | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ready | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | house | mistress obl; ready property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | whisper speech: assert | past | a queer little voice | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent voice=Topic | |||||
| 3 | make | past | a queer little voice | snake | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | jump | infinitive | snake not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | look | gerund | snake not said here | behind snake | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent behind she=Theme | ||||
| 6 | see | past | snake | a lovely palace | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | make | participle | a lovely palace not said here | of the finest woods | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 8 | bow | gerund | tall fans not said here | the door | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent before door=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 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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