The Blue Fairy Book, Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper, sentence 33
She then went to look into her mouse-trap, where she found six mice, all alive, and ordered Cinderella to lift up a little the trapdoor, when, giving each mouse, as it went out, a little tap with her wand, the mouse was that moment turned into a fine horse, which altogether made a very fine set of six horses of a beautiful mouse-colored dapple-gray.
Who acts: Cinderella, pumpkin, moment, fine horse · What happens: go, look, find, order, lift up, give · To what, where: six mice, Cinderella, little trapdoor, mouse, little tap, fine set
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Cinderella, pumpkin, moment, fine horse), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 went | advmod |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 look | mark |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 went | xcomp |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 trap | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 trap | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trap | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 mouse | punct |
| 10 | trap | trap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 look | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 found | punct |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 14 found | advmod |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 found | nsubj |
| 14 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 trap | parataxis |
| 15 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 mice | nummod |
| 16 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 found | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 alive | punct |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 alive | det |
| 19 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 mice | amod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 ordered | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 ordered | cc |
| 22 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | advcl |
| 23 | Cinderella | Cinderella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 ordered | obj |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 lift | mark |
| 25 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 ordered | xcomp |
| 26 | up | up | ADP | _ | 25 lift | compound:prt |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 little | det |
| 28 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 trapdoor | amod |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 trapdoor | det |
| 30 | trapdoor | trapdoor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 lift | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 when | punct |
| 32 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 25 lift | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 giving | punct |
| 34 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 lift | advcl |
| 35 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 mouse | det |
| 36 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 giving | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 went | punct |
| 38 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 40 went | mark |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 went | nsubj |
| 40 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 giving | conj |
| 41 | out | out | ADP | _ | 40 went | compound:prt |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 went | punct |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 tap | det |
| 44 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 tap | amod |
| 45 | tap | tap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 went | obl |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 wand | case |
| 47 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 wand | nmod:poss |
| 48 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 tap | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 mouse | punct |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 mouse | det |
| 51 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 tap | appos |
| 52 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 turned | cop |
| 53 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 55 turned | mark |
| 54 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 turned | nsubj |
| 55 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 mouse | acl:relcl |
| 56 | into | into | ADP | _ | 59 horse | case |
| 57 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 59 horse | det |
| 58 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 horse | amod |
| 59 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 turned | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 made | punct |
| 61 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 63 made | nsubj |
| 62 | altogether | altogether | ADV | _ | 63 made | advmod |
| 63 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 59 horse | acl:relcl |
| 64 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 set | det |
| 65 | very | very | ADV | _ | 66 fine | advmod |
| 66 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 set | amod |
| 67 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 made | obj |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 70 horses | case |
| 69 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 70 horses | nummod |
| 70 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 set | nmod |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 79 gray | case |
| 72 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 79 gray | det |
| 73 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 79 gray | amod |
| 74 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 colored | compound |
| 75 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 74 mouse | punct |
| 76 | colored | color | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 79 gray | amod |
| 77 | dapple | dapple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 79 gray | compound |
| 78 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 77 dapple | punct |
| 79 | gray | gray | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 horses | nmod |
| 80 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Cinderella | then | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | Cinderella not said here | into Cinderella's mouse trap | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into trap=Theme | ||||
| 3 | find | past | Cinderella | six mice | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Topic | ||||
| 4 | order | past | Cinderella not said here | Cinderella | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent cinderella=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | lift up not said to happen | to-infinitive | Cinderella not said here | the little trapdoor | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | give | gerund | Cinderella not said here | each mouse | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mouse=Theme | ||||
| 7 | go out | past | pumpkin | a little tap with Cinderella's wand | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | is | past | moment | the mouse not said here | into a fine horse; turn property | tree rules | |||
| 9 | make | past | a fine horse | a fine set of six horses of a beautiful colored dapple gray | altogether property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset set=Product | |||
| 10 | color | participle | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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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