The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 65
The Prince, charmed with these words, and much more with the manner in which they were spoken, knew not how to show his joy and gratitude; he assured her that he loved her better than he did himself; their discourse was not well connected, they did weep more than talk--little eloquence, a great deal of love.
Who acts: Prince, words · What happens: charm, speak, not know, show, assure, love · To what, where: Prince, words, manner, joy, end, better · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Prince, words), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 charmed | punct |
| 4 | charmed | charm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Prince | acl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 words | case |
| 6 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 words | det |
| 7 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 charmed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 more | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 more | cc |
| 10 | much | much | ADV | _ | 11 more | advmod |
| 11 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 words | appos |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 manner | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 manner | det |
| 14 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 more | obl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 which | case |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 spoken | obl |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 spoken | nsubj |
| 18 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 spoken | aux:pass |
| 19 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 manner | acl:relcl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Prince | punct |
| 21 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 knew | advmod |
| 23 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 25 show | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 show | mark |
| 25 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 knew | ccomp |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 joy | nmod:poss |
| 27 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 show | obj |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 gratitude | cc |
| 29 | gratitude | gratitude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 joy | conj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 assured | punct |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 assured | nsubj |
| 32 | assured | assure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 knew | parataxis |
| 33 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 assured | iobj |
| 34 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 loved | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 loved | nsubj |
| 36 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 assured | ccomp |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 better | nmod:poss |
| 38 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 36 loved | obj |
| 39 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 41 did | mark |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 did | nsubj |
| 41 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 better | advcl |
| 42 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 41 did | obj |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 connected | punct |
| 44 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 discourse | nmod:poss |
| 45 | discourse | discourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 connected | nsubj:pass |
| 46 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 connected | aux:pass |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 49 connected | advmod |
| 48 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 49 connected | advmod |
| 49 | connected | connect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 assured | conj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 weep | punct |
| 51 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 weep | nsubj |
| 52 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 weep | aux |
| 53 | weep | weep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 connected | conj |
| 54 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 56 talk | advmod |
| 55 | than | than | ADP | _ | 54 more | fixed |
| 56 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 weep | obj |
| 57 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 59 eloquence | punct |
| 58 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 eloquence | amod |
| 59 | eloquence | eloquence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 talk | appos |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 deal | punct |
| 61 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 63 deal | det |
| 62 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 deal | amod |
| 63 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 talk | appos |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 love | case |
| 65 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 deal | nmod |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charm | participle | the Prince not said here | with this words | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | speak speech: other | past · passive | words = word | the manner | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not know | past | the Prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | show | to-infinitive | Prince's joy and gratitude | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joy=Recipient | |||||
| 5 | assure | past | Prince | end | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | love | past | Prince | end's better | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | do | past | Prince | Prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Eventuality | ||||
| 8 | not connect | past · passive | words's discourse | well property | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 9 | weep | past · do-support | words = word | talk | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent talk=Theme | ||||
| 10 | joy | Prince | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | discourse | words = word | nom discourse «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | deal | love | nom deal «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 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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