The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 71
They went into the great hall of looking-glasses, where they supped, and were served by the Princess’s officers, the violins and hautboys played old tunes, but very excellent, though it was now above a hundred years since they had played; and after supper, without losing any time, the lord almoner married them in the chapel of the castle, and the chief lady of honor drew the curtains.
Who acts: ladies, glasses, officers, highness, lord almoner, chief lady · What happens: go, look, sup, serve, play, be · To what, where: great hall, old tunes, hundred years, ladies, chapel, curtains
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 (ladies, glasses, officers, highness), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 hall | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hall | det |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hall | amod |
| 6 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 7 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 8 looking | mark |
| 8 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 played | advcl |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 looking | punct |
| 10 | glasses | glass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 played | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 supped | punct |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 14 supped | advmod |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 supped | nsubj |
| 14 | supped | sup | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 glasses | acl:relcl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 served | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 served | cc |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 served | aux:pass |
| 18 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 supped | conj |
| 19 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 officers | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Princess | det |
| 21 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 officers | nmod:poss |
| 22 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 21 Princess | case |
| 23 | officers | officer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 served | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 violins | punct |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 violins | det |
| 26 | violins | violin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 officers | conj |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 hautboys | cc |
| 28 | hautboys | hautboy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 officers | conj |
| 29 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hall | acl:relcl |
| 30 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 tunes | amod |
| 31 | tunes | tune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 played | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 excellent | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 excellent | cc |
| 34 | very | very | ADV | _ | 35 excellent | advmod |
| 35 | excellent | excellent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 went | parataxis |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 years | punct |
| 37 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 44 years | mark |
| 38 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 years | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 years | cop |
| 40 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 44 years | advmod |
| 41 | above | above | ADP | _ | 44 years | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 hundred | det |
| 43 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 44 years | nummod |
| 44 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 excellent | parataxis |
| 45 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 48 played | mark |
| 46 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 played | nsubj |
| 47 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 played | aux |
| 48 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 years | acl |
| 49 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 62 married | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 married | cc |
| 51 | after | after | ADP | _ | 52 supper | case |
| 52 | supper | supper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 married | obl |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 losing | punct |
| 54 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 55 losing | mark |
| 55 | losing | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 52 supper | appos |
| 56 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 57 time | det |
| 57 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 losing | obj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 supper | punct |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 almoner | det |
| 60 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 almoner | compound |
| 61 | almoner | almoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 married | nsubj |
| 62 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 63 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 married | obj |
| 64 | in | in | ADP | _ | 66 chapel | case |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 chapel | det |
| 66 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 married | obl |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 69 castle | case |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 69 castle | det |
| 69 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 chapel | nmod |
| 70 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 drew | punct |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 77 drew | cc |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 lady | det |
| 73 | chief | chief | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 lady | amod |
| 74 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 drew | nsubj |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 76 honor | case |
| 76 | honor | honor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 lady | nmod |
| 77 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 78 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 79 curtains | det |
| 79 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 drew | obj |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | ladies = lady | the great hall | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into hall=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | look | gerund | glasses not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | sup | past | ladies = lady | vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | serve | past · passive | the Princess's officers and the violins and hautboys | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | play | past | glasses | old tunes | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is | past | highness | above hundred years; now | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | play | past · perfect | ladies = lady | hundred years not said here | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent year=Theme | ||||
| 8 | lose | gerund | time | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | marry | past | the lord almoner | ladies = lady | the chapel of the castle | after supper | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||
| 10 | draw | past | the chief lady of honor | the curtains | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curtain=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 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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