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The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 2, sentence 91

You can imagine that I was delighted to have some one new to talk to, and in spite of the height of my window our conversation was prolonged till night fell, then my prince reluctantly bade me farewell.

Who acts: You, I, night, prince, our · What happens: imagine, be, have, talk, prolong, fall · To what, where: conversation, spite, me, height

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (You, I, night, prince), 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

nsubjauxmarknsubjcopccompmarkadvclnsubjnummodccompmarkxcompoblpunctcccaseoblcasedetnmodcasenmod:possnmodnmod:possnsubj:passaux:passparataxismarknsubjadvclpunctadvmodnmod:possnsubjadvmodoblobjadvmodpunctrootYouPRONcanAUXimagineVERBthatSCONJIPRONwasAUXdelightedADJtoPARThaveVERBsomeDEToneNUMnewADJtoPARTtalkVERBtoADP,PUNCTandCCONJinADPspiteNOUNofADPtheDETheightNOUNofADPmyPRONwindowNOUNourPRONconversationNOUNwasAUXprolongedVERBtillSCONJnightNOUNfellVERB,PUNCTthenADVmyPRONprinceNOUNreluctantlyADVbadeNOUNmePRONfarewellADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 imaginensubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 imagineaux
3imagineimagineVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_7 delightedmark
5IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs7 delightednsubj
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 delightedcop
7delighteddelightedADJDegree=Pos3 imagineccomp
8totoPART_9 havemark
9havehaveVERBVerbForm=Inf7 delightedadvcl
10somesomeDETPronType=Ind12 newnsubj
11oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card12 newnummod
12newnewADJDegree=Pos9 haveccomp
13totoPART_14 talkmark
14talktalkVERBVerbForm=Inf12 newxcomp
15totoADP_14 talkobl
16,,PUNCT_29 prolongedpunct
17andandCCONJ_29 prolongedcc
18ininADP_19 spitecase
19spitespiteNOUNNumber=Sing29 prolongedobl
20ofofADP_22 heightcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 heightdet
22heightheightNOUNNumber=Sing19 spitenmod
23ofofADP_25 windowcase
24mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs25 windownmod:poss
25windowwindowNOUNNumber=Sing22 heightnmod
26ourourPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 conversationnmod:poss
27conversationconversationNOUNNumber=Sing29 prolongednsubj:pass
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 prolongedaux:pass
29prolongedprolongVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 imagineparataxis
30tilltillSCONJ_32 fellmark
31nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing32 fellnsubj
32fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 prolongedadvcl
33,,PUNCT_38 badepunct
34thenthenADVPronType=Dem38 badeadvmod
35mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 princenmod:poss
36princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing38 badensubj
37reluctantlyreluctantlyADV_38 badeadvmod
38badebadeNOUNNumber=Sing32 fellobl
39meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs38 badeobj
40farewellfarewellADV_32 felladvmod
41..PUNCT_3 imaginepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1imaginecanYouvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2ispastIdelighted propertytree rules
3haveto-infinitiveI not said herevn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4talkto-infinitiveI not said herevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5prolongpast · passiveour conversationspite of the height of my windowvn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Theme
6fallpastnightfarewell propertyvn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7bademy princemethenreluctantly propertytree rules
8spitethe height of my windownom spite «feeling transitive»: of=patient
9converseournom conversation «communication intransitive»: 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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