The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 1, sentence 9
Then they went together to a castle which was about a league from the city, accompanied by all their particular friends, to whom they gave a grand banquet, and the three brothers promised to be friends always, to share whatever good fortune befell them, and not to be parted by any envy or jealousy; and so they set out, agreeing to meet at the same castle at the appointed time, to present themselves before the King together.
Who acts: Princes, castle, three brothers, good fortune, envy · What happens: go together, be, accompany, give, promise, share · To what, where: castle, city, league, grand banquet, friends, whatever
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 (Princes, castle, three brothers, good fortune), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 went | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 castle | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 castle | det |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 league | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 league | cop |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 league | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 league | det |
| 12 | league | league | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 castle | nmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 city | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 city | det |
| 15 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 league | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 accompanied | punct |
| 17 | accompanied | accompany | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 league | acl |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 22 friends | case |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 friends | det:predet |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 friends | nmod:poss |
| 21 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 friends | amod |
| 22 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 accompanied | obl:agent |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 whom | punct |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 whom | case |
| 25 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 went | obl |
| 26 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 gave | nsubj |
| 27 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 whom | acl:relcl |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 banquet | det |
| 29 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 banquet | amod |
| 30 | banquet | banquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 gave | obj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 promised | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 promised | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 brothers | det |
| 34 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 35 brothers | nummod |
| 35 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 promised | nsubj |
| 36 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 friends | mark |
| 38 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 39 friends | cop |
| 39 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 promised | obj |
| 40 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 39 friends | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 share | punct |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 share | mark |
| 43 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 promised | conj |
| 44 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 share | obj |
| 45 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 fortune | amod |
| 46 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 befell | nsubj |
| 47 | befell | befall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 48 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 befell | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 parted | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 parted | cc |
| 51 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 54 parted | advmod |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 54 parted | mark |
| 53 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 54 parted | aux:pass |
| 54 | parted | part | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 share | parataxis |
| 55 | by | by | ADP | _ | 57 envy | case |
| 56 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 57 envy | det |
| 57 | envy | envy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 parted | obl |
| 58 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 59 jealousy | cc |
| 59 | jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 envy | conj |
| 60 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 64 set | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 set | cc |
| 62 | so | so | ADV | _ | 64 set | advmod |
| 63 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 set | nsubj |
| 64 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 went | conj |
| 65 | out | out | ADP | _ | 64 set | compound:prt |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 67 agreeing | punct |
| 67 | agreeing | agree | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 64 set | advcl |
| 68 | to | to | PART | _ | 69 meet | mark |
| 69 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 67 agreeing | xcomp |
| 70 | at | at | ADP | _ | 73 castle | case |
| 71 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 castle | det |
| 72 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 castle | amod |
| 73 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 meet | obl |
| 74 | at | at | ADP | _ | 77 time | case |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 time | det |
| 76 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 77 time | amod |
| 77 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 69 meet | obl |
| 78 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 80 present | punct |
| 79 | to | to | PART | _ | 80 present | mark |
| 80 | present | present | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 69 meet | conj |
| 81 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 80 present | obj |
| 82 | before | before | ADP | _ | 84 King | case |
| 83 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 84 King | det |
| 84 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 80 present | obl |
| 85 | together | together | ADV | _ | 80 present | advmod |
| 86 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go together | past | Princes = prince | a castle | then | together property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location to whom=Destination | ||
| 2 | is | past | a castle | the city | about a league | tree rules | |||
| 3 | accompany | participle | a league not said here | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | give | past | Princes = prince | a grand banquet | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banquet=Theme | ||||
| 5 | promise speech: promise | past | the three brothers | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is a | to-infinitive | friends | always property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | share | to-infinitive | the three brothers not said here | whatever | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | befall | past | good fortune | Princes = prince | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | not part | to-infinitive · passive | any envy or jealousy | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 10 | set out | past | Princes = prince | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 11 | agree speech: agree | gerund | Princes = prince not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 12 | meet not said to happen | to-infinitive | Princes = prince not said here | the same castle | time | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 13 | appoint | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 14 | present | to-infinitive | Princes = prince not said here | Princes = prince | before the King | together property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=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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