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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 frightened | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Princess | det |
| 3 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 frightened | aux:pass |
| 5 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 said | cc |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 frightened | conj |
| 8 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 said | obj |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 think | nsubj |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 think | aux |
| 11 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 said | ccomp |
| 12 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 14 prevent | mark |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 prevent | mark |
| 14 | prevent | prevent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 think | ccomp |
| 15 | Charming | Charming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 prevent | obj |
| 16 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 17 fighting | mark |
| 17 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 prevent | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 giant | det |
| 19 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 fighting | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 use | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 26 use | cc |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 use | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 use | cop |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 use | case |
| 25 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 26 use | det |
| 26 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 frightened | advcl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 went | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 went | cc |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 went | nsubj |
| 30 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 frightened | conj |
| 31 | out | out | ADV | _ | 30 went | advmod |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 arm | mark |
| 33 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 went | obl |
| 34 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 33 arm | nmod:unmarked |
| 35 | suitably | suitably | ADV | _ | 30 went | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 taking | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 taking | cc |
| 38 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 taking | advmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 taking | punct |
| 40 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 went | advcl |
| 41 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 Frisk | amod |
| 42 | Frisk | frisk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 taking | obj |
| 43 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 him | case |
| 44 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 taking | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 mounted | punct |
| 46 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 mounted | nsubj |
| 47 | mounted | mount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 taking | conj |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 horse | nmod:poss |
| 49 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 mounted | obj |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 set | cc |
| 51 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 mounted | conj |
| 52 | out | out | ADP | _ | 51 set | compound:prt |
| 53 | for | for | ADP | _ | 56 country | case |
| 54 | Galifron | Galifron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 country | nmod:poss |
| 55 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 54 Galifron | case |
| 56 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 set | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 frightened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | past · passive | the Princess | then | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | everything | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other | could | princess | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | prevent | to-infinitive | Charming | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer charming=Theme | |||||
| 5 | fight | gerund | the giant | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent giant=Co-Agent | |||||
| 6 | is | past | defense | of no use | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | go out | past | Galifron | arm Galifron | out, suitably property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 8 | take | gerund | Galifron not said here | little Frisk | then | with Galifron | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frisk=Theme | ||
| 9 | mount | past | Galifron | Galifron's horse | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient | ||||
| 10 | set out | past | Galifron not said here | for Galifron's country | vn 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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