The Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, sentence 23
On hearing this the King was at first very angry, and then he wept and sighed, and declared that such a husband was not worthy of his daughter; but the young Princess was not to be turned from her resolution to marry the gardener’s son.
Who acts: King, husband, princess · What happens: hear, be, weep, sigh, declare, not be · To what, where: this, young Princess, resolution, son · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Bronze Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, husband, princess), 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 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 2 hearing | mark |
| 2 | hearing | hear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 angry | advcl |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 hearing | obj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 angry | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 angry | cop |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 first | case |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 angry | obl |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 angry | advmod |
| 10 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 wept | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 wept | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 wept | advmod |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 wept | nsubj |
| 15 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 angry | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 sighed | cc |
| 17 | sighed | sigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 wept | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 declared | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 declared | cc |
| 20 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 sighed | conj |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 worthy | mark |
| 22 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 24 husband | det:predet |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 husband | det |
| 24 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 worthy | nsubj |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 worthy | cop |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 worthy | advmod |
| 27 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 declared | ccomp |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 daughter | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 30 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 worthy | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 turned | punct |
| 32 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 turned | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Princess | det |
| 34 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 Princess | amod |
| 35 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 turned | nsubj |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 turned | aux:pass |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 turned | advmod |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 turned | mark |
| 39 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 40 turned | aux:pass |
| 40 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 angry | parataxis |
| 41 | from | from | ADP | _ | 43 resolution | case |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 resolution | nmod:poss |
| 43 | resolution | resolution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 turned | obl |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 marry | mark |
| 45 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 turned | advcl |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 gardener | det |
| 47 | gardener | gardener | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 son | nmod:poss |
| 48 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 47 gardener | case |
| 49 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 marry | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 angry | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | gerund | the King not said here | this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the King | angry property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | weep | past | king | then | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | sigh | past | king not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | declare speech: other | past | king not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | not is | past | such husband | of king's daughter; worthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | not turn | past · passive | the young Princess | princess's resolution | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme from resolution=Trajectory | ||||
| 8 | marry | to-infinitive | the gardener's son | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient | |||||
| 9 | resolve | princess | nom resolution «communication transitive»: poss=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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