The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Pretty Goldilocks, sentence 185

When Pretty Goldilocks heard what had happened she threw herself at the King’s feet and begged him to set Charming free, but the more she cried, the more angry he was, and at last she saw that it was useless to say any more; but it made her very sad.

Who acts: Pretty Goldilocks, Goldilocks, Charming, king, it, foot · What happens: hear, happen, throw, beg, set, cry · To what, where: Goldilocks, feet, king, Charming, last · 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 (Pretty Goldilocks, Goldilocks, Charming, king), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 heard	advmod
2	Pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 Goldilocks	amod
3	Goldilocks	Goldilocks	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 heard	nsubj
4	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 threw	advcl
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 happened	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 happened	aux
7	happened	happen	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 heard	ccomp
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 threw	nsubj
9	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 threw	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	15 feet	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 feet	nmod:poss
14	’s	's	PART	_	13 King	case
15	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 threw	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 begged	cc
17	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 threw	conj
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 begged	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 set	mark
20	set	set	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 begged	advcl
21	Charming	Charming	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 set	obj
22	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 set	xcomp
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 cried	punct
24	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 cried	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 more	det
26	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	28 cried	advmod
27	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 cried	nsubj
28	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 threw	conj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 angry	punct
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 angry	det
31	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	32 angry	advmod
32	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 cried	parataxis
33	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 was	nsubj
34	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 angry	ccomp
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 saw	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 saw	cc
37	at	at	ADP	_	38 last	case
38	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 saw	obl
39	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 saw	nsubj
40	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 cried	conj
41	that	that	SCONJ	_	44 useless	mark
42	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 useless	nsubj
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 useless	cop
44	useless	useless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 saw	ccomp
45	to	to	PART	_	46 say	mark
46	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 useless	csubj
47	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	48 more	det
48	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	46 say	obj
49	;	;	PUNCT	_	52 made	punct
50	but	but	CCONJ	_	52 made	cc
51	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 made	nsubj
52	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 threw	conj
53	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 made	obj
54	very	very	ADV	_	55 sad	advmod
55	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 made	xcomp
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 threw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past	Pretty Goldilocks					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	happen	past · perfect						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	throw	past	Goldilocks	Goldilocks		the King's feet		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent herself=Theme at foot=Destination
4	beg speech: request	past	Goldilocks not said here		king			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
5	set	to-infinitive	Goldilocks not said here	Charming			free property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient charming=Result
6	cry speech: express	past	Charming					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	be	past	king					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	see	past	Charming			last		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
9	is	past	it				useless property	tree rules
10	say speech: assert	to-infinitive						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent more=Topic
11	make	past	foot	Charming			sad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material she=Product

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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