The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 11
If they both felt a shock at the appearance of the aged lady they did not show it, and the king, with a grave bow, took her band, and led her to the chapel, where a bishop was waiting to perform the marriage ceremony.
Who acts: guards, king, bishop · What happens: feel, not show, take, lead, wait, perform · To what, where: shock, appearance, band, woman, chapel, marriage ceremony
This is a sentence of «The Lilac Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (guards, king, bishop), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 felt | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 felt | nsubj |
| 3 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 felt | nsubj |
| 4 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 shock | det |
| 6 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 felt | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 appearance | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 appearance | det |
| 9 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 felt | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 lady | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lady | det |
| 12 | aged | aged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 lady | amod |
| 13 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 appearance | nmod |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 show | nsubj |
| 15 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 show | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 show | advmod |
| 17 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 lady | acl:relcl |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 show | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 took | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 took | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 king | det |
| 22 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 took | nsubj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 bow | punct |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 bow | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 bow | det |
| 26 | grave | grave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 bow | amod |
| 27 | bow | bow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 king | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 king | punct |
| 29 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 felt | conj |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 band | nmod:poss |
| 31 | band | band | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 took | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 led | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 led | cc |
| 34 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 took | conj |
| 35 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 led | obj |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 chapel | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 chapel | det |
| 38 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 led | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 waiting | punct |
| 40 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 44 waiting | advmod |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 bishop | det |
| 42 | bishop | bishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 waiting | nsubj |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 waiting | aux |
| 44 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 led | advcl |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 perform | mark |
| 46 | perform | perform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 waiting | advcl |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 ceremony | det |
| 48 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 ceremony | compound |
| 49 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 perform | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 felt | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | guards = guard | a shock | the appearance of the aged lady | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent shock=Theme at appearance=Location | |||
| 2 | not show | past · do-support | guards = guard | shock | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | take | past | the king and a grave bow | woman's band | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent band=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lead | past | the king and a grave bow not said here | woman | the chapel | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to chapel=Destination | |||
| 5 | wait | past · progressive | a bishop | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | perform | to-infinitive | a bishop not said here | the marriage ceremony | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ceremony=Theme |
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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