The Lilac Fairy Book, The Lilac Fairy Book, part 4, sentence 13
As for the princess, no one troubled himself about her, and she passed the days alone in her apartments, for she had absolutely declined the services of the ladies-in-waiting whom the king had appointed for her.
Who acts: one, princess, ladies, king · What happens: trouble, pass, decline, wait, appoint, service · To what, where: prince, apartments, services, ladies
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 (one, princess, ladies, king), 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 | As | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 4 princess | case |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 1 As | fixed |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 troubled | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 princess | punct |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 one | det |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 troubled | nsubj |
| 8 | troubled | trouble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 troubled | obj |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 her | case |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 troubled | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 passed | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 passed | cc |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 passed | nsubj |
| 15 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 troubled | conj |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 days | det |
| 17 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 passed | obj |
| 18 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 15 passed | advmod |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 apartments | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 apartments | nmod:poss |
| 21 | apartments | apartment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 passed | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 declined | punct |
| 23 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 27 declined | mark |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 declined | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 declined | aux |
| 26 | absolutely | absolutely | ADV | _ | 27 declined | advmod |
| 27 | declined | decline | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 passed | parataxis |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 services | det |
| 29 | services | service | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 declined | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 ladies | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 ladies | det |
| 32 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 services | nmod |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 36 waiting | punct |
| 34 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 36 waiting | mark |
| 35 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 in | punct |
| 36 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 ladies | acl:relcl |
| 37 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 appointed | obl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 king | det |
| 39 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 appointed | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 appointed | aux |
| 41 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 36 waiting | parataxis |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 her | case |
| 43 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 appointed | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 troubled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trouble | past | no one | prince | as the princess; about princess | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | pass | past | princess | princess's apartments | day | alone property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in apartment=Location | ||
| 3 | decline | past · perfect | princess | the services of the ladies | absolutely property | vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme | |||
| 4 | wait | gerund | the ladies not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | appoint | past · perfect | the king | for princess | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | service | the ladies | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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