The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 106
Upon this he forthwith conducted her to his chamber, where, leaving her to embrace her children, and cry along with them, he went and dressed a young hind, which the Queen had for her supper, and devoured it with the same appetite as if it had been the young Queen.
Who acts: Ogress, queen, hind · What happens: conduct, leave, embrace, cry, go, dress · To what, where: queen, this, children, young hind, hind
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Ogress, queen, hind), 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 | Upon | upon | ADP | _ | 2 this | case |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 conducted | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 conducted | nsubj |
| 4 | forthwith | forthwith | ADV | _ | 5 conducted | advmod |
| 5 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 conducted | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 chamber | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 chamber | nmod:poss |
| 9 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 conducted | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 where | punct |
| 11 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 chamber | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 leaving | punct |
| 13 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 conducted | advcl |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 leaving | obj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 embrace | mark |
| 16 | embrace | embrace | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 leaving | xcomp |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 children | nmod:poss |
| 18 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 embrace | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 cry | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 cry | cc |
| 21 | cry | cry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 conducted | parataxis |
| 22 | along | along | ADV | _ | 21 cry | advmod |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 them | case |
| 24 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 cry | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 went | punct |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 went | nsubj |
| 27 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 conducted | conj |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 dressed | cc |
| 29 | dressed | dress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 went | conj |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 hind | det |
| 31 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 hind | amod |
| 32 | hind | hind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 dressed | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 had | punct |
| 34 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 had | obj |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Queen | det |
| 36 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 had | nsubj |
| 37 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 hind | conj |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 supper | case |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 supper | nmod:poss |
| 40 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 had | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 devoured | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 devoured | cc |
| 43 | devoured | devour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 conducted | conj |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 devoured | obj |
| 45 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 appetite | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 appetite | det |
| 47 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 appetite | amod |
| 48 | appetite | appetite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 devoured | obl |
| 49 | as | as | ADP | _ | 56 Queen | case |
| 50 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 56 Queen | mark |
| 51 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 Queen | nsubj |
| 52 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 Queen | aux |
| 53 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 56 Queen | cop |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 Queen | det |
| 55 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 Queen | amod |
| 56 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 devoured | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 conducted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conduct | past | Ogress | queen | this | to Ogress's chamber; forthwith property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme upon this=Destination | ||
| 2 | leave | gerund | Ogress not said here | queen | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | embrace | to-infinitive | queen not said here | queen's children | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | cry speech: express | infinitive | with children = child; along property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with they=Theme | |||||
| 5 | go | past | Ogress | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | dress | past | Ogress not said here | a young hind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hind=Patient | ||||
| 7 | have | past | the Queen | a young hind | for queen's supper | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient | |||
| 8 | devour | past | Ogress not said here | hind | with the same appetite | vn devour-39.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 9 | is a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | hind | as the young Queen | tree rules |
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 Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 503 (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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