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The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks, sentence 119

Then the Princess was frightened and said everything she could think of to prevent Charming from fighting the giant, but it was of no use, and he went out to arm himself suitably, and then, taking little Frisk with him, he mounted his horse and set out for Galifron’s country.

Who acts: princess, defense, Galifron · What happens: frighten, say, think, prevent, fight, be · To what, where: Princess, everything, Charming, giant, arm, little Frisk · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, defense, Galifron), 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

advmoddetnsubj:passaux:passccconjobjnsubjauxccompmarkmarkccompobjmarkadvcldetobjpunctccnsubjcopcasedetadvclpunctccnsubjconjadvmodmarkoblnmod:unmarkedadvmodpunctccadvmodpunctadvclamodobjcaseoblpunctnsubjconjnmod:possobjccconjcompound:prtcasenmod:posscaseoblpunctrootThenADVtheDETPrincessPROPNwasAUXfrightenedVERBandCCONJsaidVERBeverythingPRONshePRONcouldAUXthinkVERBofSCONJtoPARTpreventVERBCharmingPROPNfromSCONJfightingVERBtheDETgiantADJ,PUNCTbutCCONJitPRONwasAUXofADPnoDETuseNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONwentVERBoutADVtoPARTarmNOUNhimselfPRONsuitablyADV,PUNCTandCCONJthenADV,PUNCTtakingVERBlittleADJFriskNOUNwithADPhimPRON,PUNCThePRONmountedVERBhisPRONhorseNOUNandCCONJsetVERBoutADPforADPGalifronPROPN’sPARTcountryNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThenthenADVPronType=Dem5 frightenedadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Princessdet
3PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing5 frightenednsubj:pass
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 frightenedaux:pass
5frightenedfrightenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6andandCCONJ_7 saidcc
7saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 frightenedconj
8everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot7 saidobj
9sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 thinknsubj
10couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin11 thinkaux
11thinkthinkVERBVerbForm=Inf7 saidccomp
12ofofSCONJ_14 preventmark
13totoPART_14 preventmark
14preventpreventVERBVerbForm=Inf11 thinkccomp
15CharmingCharmingPROPNNumber=Sing14 preventobj
16fromfromSCONJ_17 fightingmark
17fightingfightVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 preventadvcl
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 giantdet
19giantgiantADJDegree=Pos17 fightingobj
20,,PUNCT_26 usepunct
21butbutCCONJ_26 usecc
22ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 usensubj
23wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 usecop
24ofofADP_26 usecase
25nonoDETPronType=Neg26 usedet
26useuseNOUNNumber=Sing5 frightenedadvcl
27,,PUNCT_30 wentpunct
28andandCCONJ_30 wentcc
29hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 wentnsubj
30wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 frightenedconj
31outoutADV_30 wentadvmod
32totoPART_33 armmark
33armarmNOUNNumber=Sing30 wentobl
34himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes33 armnmod:unmarked
35suitablysuitablyADV_30 wentadvmod
36,,PUNCT_40 takingpunct
37andandCCONJ_40 takingcc
38thenthenADVPronType=Dem40 takingadvmod
39,,PUNCT_40 takingpunct
40takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part30 wentadvcl
41littlelittleADJDegree=Pos42 Friskamod
42FriskfriskNOUNNumber=Sing40 takingobj
43withwithADP_44 himcase
44himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs40 takingobl
45,,PUNCT_47 mountedpunct
46hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 mountednsubj
47mountedmountVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 takingconj
48hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 horsenmod:poss
49horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing47 mountedobj
50andandCCONJ_51 setcc
51setsetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin47 mountedconj
52outoutADP_51 setcompound:prt
53forforADP_56 countrycase
54GalifronGalifronPROPNNumber=Sing56 countrynmod:poss
55’s'sPART_54 Galifroncase
56countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing51 setobl
57..PUNCT_5 frightenedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1frightenpast · passivethe Princessthenvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2say speech: assertpasteverythingtree rules
3think speech: othercouldprincessvn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4preventto-infinitiveCharmingvn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer charming=Theme
5fightgerundthe giantvn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Co-Agent
6ispastdefenseof no usetree rules
7go outpastGalifronarm Galifronout, suitably propertyvn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8takegerundGalifron not said herelittle Friskthenwith Galifronvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frisk=Theme
9mountpastGalifronGalifron's horsevn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
10set outpastGalifron not said herefor Galifron's countryvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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