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The Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 3, sentence 1

“As they laid me under the enchantment the fairies told me all my history, for until then I had quite believed that I was their child, and warned me that my only chance of regaining my natural form was to win the love of a prince who resembled in every way my unfortunate lover.

Who acts: they, fairies, I, only chance, prince, my · What happens: lay, tell, believe, be, warn, regain · To what, where: me, enchantment, history, child, natural form, unfortunate lover · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The White Cat, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (they, fairies, I, only chance), 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

punctmarknsubjadvclobjcasedetobldetnsubjiobjdet:predetnmod:possobjpunctmarkcaseoblnsubjauxadvmodparataxismarknsubjcopnmod:possadvclpunctccconjobjmarknmod:possamodnsubjmarkaclnmod:possamodobjcopmarkadvcldetobjcasedetnmodnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblnmod:possamodobjpunctroot“PUNCTAsSCONJtheyPRONlaidVERBmePRONunderADPtheDETenchantmentNOUNtheDETfairiesNOUNtoldVERBmePRONallDETmyPRONhistoryNOUN,PUNCTforSCONJuntilADPthenADVIPRONhadAUXquiteADVbelievedVERBthatSCONJIPRONwasAUXtheirPRONchildNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwarnedVERBmePRONthatSCONJmyPRONonlyADJchanceNOUNofSCONJregainingVERBmyPRONnaturalADJformNOUNwasAUXtoPARTwinVERBtheDETloveNOUNofADPaDETprinceNOUNwhoPRONresembledVERBinADPeveryDETwayNOUNmyPRONunfortunateADJloverNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1“"PUNCT_4 laidpunct
2AsasSCONJ_4 laidmark
3theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs4 laidnsubj
4laidlayVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 toldadvcl
5meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 laidobj
6underunderADP_8 enchantmentcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 enchantmentdet
8enchantmentenchantmentNOUNNumber=Sing4 laidobl
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 fairiesdet
10fairiesfairyNOUNNumber=Plur11 toldnsubj
11toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
12meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs11 toldiobj
13allallDETPronType=Tot15 historydet:predet
14mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs15 historynmod:poss
15historyhistoryNOUNNumber=Sing11 toldobj
16,,PUNCT_23 believedpunct
17forforSCONJ_23 believedmark
18untiluntilADP_19 thencase
19thenthenADVPronType=Dem23 believedobl
20IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs23 believednsubj
21hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 believedaux
22quitequiteADV_23 believedadvmod
23believedbelieveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part11 toldparataxis
24thatthatSCONJ_28 childmark
25IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs28 childnsubj
26wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 childcop
27theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 childnmod:poss
28childchildNOUNNumber=Sing23 believedadvcl
29,,PUNCT_31 warnedpunct
30andandCCONJ_31 warnedcc
31warnedwarnVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 toldconj
32meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs31 warnedobj
33thatthatSCONJ_44 winmark
34mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 chancenmod:poss
35onlyonlyADJDegree=Pos36 chanceamod
36chancechanceNOUNNumber=Sing44 winnsubj
37ofofSCONJ_38 regainingmark
38regainingregainVERBVerbForm=Ger36 chanceacl
39mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 formnmod:poss
40naturalnaturalADJDegree=Pos41 formamod
41formformNOUNNumber=Sing38 regainingobj
42wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 wincop
43totoPART_44 winmark
44winwinVERBVerbForm=Inf31 warnedadvcl
45thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art46 lovedet
46loveloveNOUNNumber=Sing44 winobj
47ofofADP_49 princecase
48aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art49 princedet
49princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing46 lovenmod
50whowhoPRONPronType=Rel51 resemblednsubj
51resembledresembleVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 princeacl:relcl
52ininADP_54 waycase
53everyeveryDETPronType=Tot54 waydet
54waywayNOUNNumber=Sing51 resembledobl
55mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs57 lovernmod:poss
56unfortunateunfortunateADJDegree=Pos57 loveramod
57loverloverNOUNNumber=Sing51 resembledobj
58..PUNCT_11 toldpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lay in a quotepasttheymethe enchantmentvn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme under enchantment=Destination
2tell speech: assert in a quotepastthe fairiesmy historymevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient history=Topic
3believe in a quotepast · perfectIvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
4is a in a quotepastIfairies's childtree rules
5warn speech: warn in a quotepastthe fairies not said heremevn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient
6regain in a quotegerundmy only chance not said heremy natural formvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme
7is in a quotepastmy only chancewin propertytree rules
8resemble in a quotepasta princemy unfortunate loverevery waytree rules
9chance in a quotemynom chance «state intransitive»: poss=agent
10form in a quotemynom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent
11love in a quotea princenom love «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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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