The Blue Fairy Book, The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood, sentence 77

But he never dared to trust her with his secret; he feared her, though he loved her, for she was of the race of the Ogres, and the King would never have married her had it not been for her vast riches; it was even whispered about the Court that she had Ogreish inclinations, and that, whenever she saw little children passing by, she had all the difficulty in the world to avoid falling upon them.

Who acts: manner, queen, that, little children · What happens: not dare, not trust, fear, love, be, not marry · To what, where: queen, King, race, Ogreish inclinations, little children, difficulty

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 (manner, queen, that, little children), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	4 dared	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dared	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 dared	advmod
4	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 trust	mark
6	trust	trust	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dared	xcomp
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 trust	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 secret	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 secret	nmod:poss
10	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trust	obl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 feared	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 feared	nsubj
13	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dared	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 feared	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 loved	punct
16	though	though	SCONJ	_	18 loved	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 loved	nsubj
18	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 feared	conj
19	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 loved	obj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 race	punct
21	for	for	ADP	_	26 race	case
22	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 race	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 race	cop
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 race	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 race	det
26	race	race	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 loved	obl
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 Ogres	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 Ogres	det
29	Ogres	Ogre	PROPN	Number=Plur	26 race	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 married	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 married	cc
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 King	det
33	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 married	nsubj:pass
34	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	37 married	aux
35	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	37 married	advmod
36	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	37 married	aux
37	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dared	conj
38	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 married	obj
39	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dared	conj
40	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 had	obj
41	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	46 riches	advmod
42	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	46 riches	cop
43	for	for	ADP	_	46 riches	case
44	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 riches	nmod:poss
45	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 riches	amod
46	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 had	obj
47	;	;	PUNCT	_	51 whispered	punct
48	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 whispered	nsubj:pass
49	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 whispered	aux:pass
50	even	even	ADV	_	51 whispered	advmod
51	whispered	whisper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dared	conj
52	about	about	ADP	_	54 Court	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 Court	det
54	Court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 whispered	obl
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	57 had	mark
56	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 had	nsubj
57	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 whispered	advcl
58	Ogreish	ogreish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 inclinations	amod
59	inclinations	inclination	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 had	obj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 saw	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 saw	cc
62	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	66 saw	nsubj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	66 saw	punct
64	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	66 saw	advmod
65	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 saw	nsubj
66	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dared	conj
67	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	68 children	amod
68	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	66 saw	obj
69	passing	pass	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	68 children	acl
70	by	by	ADP	_	69 passing	fixed
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 had	punct
72	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 had	nsubj
73	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	66 saw	conj
74	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	76 difficulty	det:predet
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 difficulty	det
76	difficulty	difficulty	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 had	obj
77	in	in	ADP	_	79 world	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 world	det
79	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	76 difficulty	nmod
80	to	to	PART	_	81 avoid	mark
81	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	73 had	advcl
82	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	81 avoid	xcomp
83	upon	upon	ADP	_	84 them	case
84	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 falling	obl
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 dared	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	not dare	past	manner					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not trust	to-infinitive	manner not said here		queen		with manner's secret	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with secret=Theme
3	fear	past	manner	queen				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
4	love	past	manner	queen				vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
5	is	past	queen				for the race; of the Ogres	tree rules
6	not marry	would · perfect · passive		the King				tree rules
7	have	past	manner not said here	race				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
8	not is	participle					for queen's vast riches	tree rules
9	whisper speech: assert	past · passive		race			about the Court	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
10	have	past	queen	Ogreish inclinations				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inclination=Patient
11	see	past	that	little children			whenever property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
12	pass by	gerund	little children not said here					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	have	past	queen	all difficulty		the world		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent difficulty=Patient
14	avoid	to-infinitive	queen not said here					vn avoid-52 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
15	fall	gerund	queen not said here				upon king	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme upon they=Location

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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