The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 28
After passing through sixty rooms the hands that conducted him stopped, and the Prince saw a most comfortable-looking arm-chair drawn up close to the chimney-corner; at the same moment the fire lighted itself, and the pretty, soft, clever hands took off the Prince’s wet, muddy clothes, and presented him with fresh ones made of the richest stuffs, all embroidered with gold and emeralds.
Who acts: hands, Prince, fire, pretty soft clever hands, fresh ones · What happens: pass, conduct, stop, see, look, draw up · To what, where: sixty rooms, Love, looking arm chair, fire, wet muddy clothes, fresh ones
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 (hands, Prince, fire, pretty soft clever hands), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 2 passing | mark |
| 2 | passing | pass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 stopped | advcl |
| 3 | through | through | ADP | _ | 5 rooms | case |
| 4 | sixty | sixty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 rooms | nummod |
| 5 | rooms | room | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 passing | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hands | det |
| 7 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 stopped | nsubj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 conducted | nsubj |
| 9 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hands | acl:relcl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 conducted | obj |
| 11 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 saw | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 saw | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Prince | det |
| 15 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 saw | nsubj |
| 16 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stopped | parataxis |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 chair | det |
| 18 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 19 comfortable | advmod |
| 19 | comfortable | comfortable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 looking | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 comfortable | punct |
| 21 | looking | look | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 24 chair | amod |
| 22 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 chair | compound |
| 23 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 arm | punct |
| 24 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 saw | obj |
| 25 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 chair | acl |
| 26 | up | up | ADV | _ | 27 close | advmod |
| 27 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 drawn | xcomp |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 corner | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 corner | det |
| 30 | chimney | chimney | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 corner | compound |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 chimney | punct |
| 32 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 close | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 lighted | punct |
| 34 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 moment | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 moment | det |
| 36 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 moment | amod |
| 37 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 lighted | obl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 fire | det |
| 39 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 lighted | nsubj |
| 40 | lighted | light | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 saw | conj |
| 41 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 40 lighted | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 took | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 took | cc |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 hands | det |
| 45 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 hands | amod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 pretty | punct |
| 47 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 hands | amod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 soft | punct |
| 49 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 hands | amod |
| 50 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 took | nsubj |
| 51 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stopped | conj |
| 52 | off | off | ADP | _ | 51 took | compound:prt |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 Prince | det |
| 54 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 55 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 54 Prince | case |
| 56 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 clothes | amod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 wet | punct |
| 58 | muddy | muddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 59 clothes | amod |
| 59 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 51 took | obj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 presented | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 presented | cc |
| 62 | presented | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 took | conj |
| 63 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 presented | obj |
| 64 | with | with | ADP | _ | 66 ones | case |
| 65 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 ones | amod |
| 66 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 62 presented | obl |
| 67 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 66 ones | acl |
| 68 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 stuffs | case |
| 69 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 stuffs | det |
| 70 | richest | rich | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 71 stuffs | amod |
| 71 | stuffs | stuff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 made | obl |
| 72 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 74 embroidered | punct |
| 73 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 74 embroidered | nsubj:pass |
| 74 | embroidered | embroider | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 66 ones | acl |
| 75 | with | with | ADP | _ | 76 gold | case |
| 76 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 embroidered | obl |
| 77 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 78 emeralds | cc |
| 78 | emeralds | emerald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 76 gold | conj |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 stopped | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | gerund | the hands not said here | sixty rooms | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through room=Location | ||||
| 2 | conduct | past | the hands | Love | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stop | past | the hands | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | see | past | the Prince | a looking arm chair | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chair=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | look | gerund | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 6 | draw up | participle | a looking arm chair not said here | close property | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | light | participle | the fire | fire | moment | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Product | |||
| 8 | take off | past | the pretty soft clever hands | the Prince's wet muddy clothes | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme | ||||
| 9 | present | past | the pretty soft clever hands not said here | Love | with fresh ones | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with one=Theme | |||
| 10 | make | participle | fresh ones not said here | of the richest stuffs | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 11 | embroider | participle · passive | fresh ones not said here | all | with gold and emeralds | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with gold=Theme |
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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