The Blue Fairy Book, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots, sentence 36
The King caressed him after a very extraordinary manner, and as the fine clothes he had given him extremely set off his good mien (for he was well made and very handsome in his person), the King’s daughter took a secret inclination to him, and the Marquis of Carabas had no sooner cast two or three respectful and somewhat tender glances but she fell in love with him to distraction.
Who acts: King, daughter, Marquis, respectful tender, tender · What happens: caress, give, set off, make, take, have · To what, where: Marquis, King, good mien, secret inclination, love
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Master Cat; Or, Puss in Boots. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, daughter, Marquis, respectful tender), 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 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 caressed | nsubj |
| 3 | caressed | caress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 caressed | obj |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 manner | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 manner | det |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 extraordinary | advmod |
| 8 | extraordinary | extraordinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 manner | amod |
| 9 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 caressed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 given | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 given | cc |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 15 clothes | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 clothes | det |
| 14 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 clothes | amod |
| 15 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 18 given | obl |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 given | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 given | aux |
| 18 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 caressed | parataxis |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 given | obj |
| 20 | extremely | extremely | ADV | _ | 21 set | advmod |
| 21 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 given | advcl |
| 22 | off | off | ADP | _ | 21 set | compound:prt |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 mien | nmod:poss |
| 24 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 mien | amod |
| 25 | mien | mien | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 set | obj |
| 26 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 31 made | punct |
| 27 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 31 made | mark |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 made | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 made | aux:pass |
| 30 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 31 made | advmod |
| 31 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 mien | acl |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 handsome | cc |
| 33 | very | very | ADV | _ | 34 handsome | advmod |
| 34 | handsome | handsome | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 made | conj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 person | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 person | nmod:poss |
| 37 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 handsome | obl |
| 38 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 34 handsome | punct |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 took | punct |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 King | det |
| 41 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 42 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 41 King | case |
| 43 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 took | nsubj |
| 44 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 made | parataxis |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 inclination | det |
| 46 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 inclination | amod |
| 47 | inclination | inclination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 took | obj |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 him | case |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 took | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 had | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 had | cc |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 Marquis | det |
| 53 | Marquis | Marquis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 had | nsubj |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 Carabas | case |
| 55 | Carabas | Carabas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Marquis | nmod |
| 56 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 took | conj |
| 57 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 58 sooner | det |
| 58 | sooner | soon | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 63 respectful | advmod |
| 59 | cast | cast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 sooner | conj |
| 60 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 59 cast | appos |
| 61 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 62 three | cc |
| 62 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 60 two | conj |
| 63 | respectful | respectful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 tender | amod |
| 64 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 somewhat | cc |
| 65 | somewhat | somewhat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 63 respectful | conj |
| 66 | tender | tender | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 glances | nsubj |
| 67 | glances | glance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 had | parataxis |
| 68 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 70 fell | cc |
| 69 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 fell | nsubj |
| 70 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 glances | conj |
| 71 | in | in | ADP | _ | 72 love | case |
| 72 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 fell | obl |
| 73 | with | with | ADP | _ | 74 him | case |
| 74 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 fell | obl |
| 75 | to | to | ADP | _ | 76 distraction | case |
| 76 | distraction | distraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 fell | obl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 caressed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | caress | past | the King | Marquis | after a extraordinary manner | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | give | past · perfect · passive | King | as the fine clothes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | set off | past | King's good mien | extremely property | vn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition mien=Patient | ||||
| 4 | make | past · passive | King | well property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 5 | take | past | the King's daughter | a secret inclination | King | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent inclination=Theme to he=Destination | |||
| 6 | have | past | the Marquis of Carabas | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | glance | present | respectful tender | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | fall | past | tender | love | with King; to distraction | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in love=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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