The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 27
The Prince could not believe that any danger threatened him when he was welcomed in this way, so, guided by the mysterious hands, he went toward a door of coral, which opened of its own accord, and he found himself in a vast hall of mother-of-pearl, out of which opened a number of other rooms, glittering with thousands of lights, and full of such beautiful pictures and precious things that the Prince felt quite bewildered.
Who acts: Prince, danger, Love, coral, precious things · What happens: not believe, threaten, welcome, guide, go, open · To what, where: Love, way, door, vast hall, number, precious things
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, danger, Love, coral), 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 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 believe | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 believe | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 believe | advmod |
| 5 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 threatened | mark |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 danger | det |
| 8 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 threatened | nsubj |
| 9 | threatened | threaten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 believe | ccomp |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 threatened | obj |
| 11 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 welcomed | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 welcomed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 welcomed | aux:pass |
| 14 | welcomed | welcome | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 threatened | advcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 way | case |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 way | det |
| 17 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 welcomed | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 guided | punct |
| 19 | so | so | ADV | _ | 21 guided | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 guided | punct |
| 21 | guided | guide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 believe | parataxis |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 25 hands | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 hands | det |
| 24 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 hands | amod |
| 25 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 guided | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 went | punct |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 went | nsubj |
| 28 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 guided | conj |
| 29 | toward | toward | ADP | _ | 31 door | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 door | det |
| 31 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 went | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 coral | case |
| 33 | coral | coral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 door | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 opened | punct |
| 35 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 opened | nsubj |
| 36 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 coral | acl:relcl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 accord | case |
| 38 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 accord | nmod:poss |
| 39 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 accord | amod |
| 40 | accord | accord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 opened | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 found | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 found | cc |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 found | nsubj |
| 44 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 guided | parataxis |
| 45 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 44 found | obj |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 hall | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 hall | det |
| 48 | vast | vast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 hall | amod |
| 49 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 found | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 pearl | case |
| 51 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 pearl | nsubj |
| 52 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 55 pearl | punct |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 pearl | case |
| 54 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 53 of | punct |
| 55 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 hall | nmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 opened | punct |
| 57 | out | out | ADP | _ | 59 which | case |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 which | case |
| 59 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 60 opened | nsubj |
| 60 | opened | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 found | conj |
| 61 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 number | det |
| 62 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 opened | obj |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 rooms | case |
| 64 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 rooms | amod |
| 65 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 number | nmod |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 glittering | punct |
| 67 | glittering | glitter | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 60 opened | advcl |
| 68 | with | with | ADP | _ | 69 thousands | case |
| 69 | thousands | thousand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 glittering | obl |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 lights | case |
| 71 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 69 thousands | nmod |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 full | punct |
| 73 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 74 full | cc |
| 74 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 found | conj |
| 75 | of | of | ADP | _ | 78 pictures | case |
| 76 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 pictures | amod |
| 77 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 78 pictures | amod |
| 78 | pictures | picture | NOUN | Number=Plur | 74 full | obl |
| 79 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 81 things | cc |
| 80 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 81 things | amod |
| 81 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 78 pictures | conj |
| 82 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 85 felt | obj |
| 83 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 84 Prince | det |
| 84 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 85 felt | nsubj |
| 85 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 81 things | acl:relcl |
| 86 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 87 bewildered | advmod |
| 87 | bewildered | bewilder | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 85 felt | xcomp |
| 88 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 believe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not believe | could | the Prince | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | threaten | past | any danger | Love | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | welcome | past · passive | Love | this way | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in way=Location | ||||
| 4 | guide | participle | by the mysterious hands | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by hand=Destination | |||||
| 5 | go | past | Love | a door of coral | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme toward door=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | open | past | coral | of danger's own accord | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | find | past | Love | Love | a vast hall of pearl | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Topic | |||
| 8 | open | past | a number of other rooms | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location number=Theme | |||||
| 9 | glitter | gerund | with thousands of lights | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with thousand=Theme | |||||
| 10 | feel | past | the Prince | precious things | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | bewilder | participle | precious things not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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