The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 51

He then presented her to the Queen, who started back, and was afraid to touch a creature who had made such havoc among the rats and mice; however, when the factor stroked the cat and called “Pussy, pussy!” the Queen also touched her and cried “Putty, putty!” for she had not learned English.

Who acts: factor, Queen, creature · What happens: present, start back, be, touch, make, stroke · To what, where: Queen, creature, such havoc, cat, Putty, English · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Whittington. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (factor, Queen, creature), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 presented	nsubj
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 presented	advmod
3	presented	present	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 presented	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 Queen	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Queen	det
7	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 presented	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 started	punct
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 started	nsubj
10	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 Queen	acl:relcl
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 started	advmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 afraid	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 afraid	cc
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 afraid	cop
15	afraid	afraid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 presented	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 touch	mark
17	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 afraid	xcomp
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 creature	det
19	creature	creature	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 touch	obj
20	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	22 made	nsubj
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 made	aux
22	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 creature	acl:relcl
23	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 havoc	amod
24	havoc	havoc	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 made	obj
25	among	among	ADP	_	27 rats	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 rats	det
27	rats	rat	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 made	obl
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 mice	cc
29	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 rats	conj
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 stroked	punct
31	however	however	ADV	_	36 stroked	advmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 stroked	punct
33	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	36 stroked	advmod
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 factor	det
35	factor	factor	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 stroked	nsubj
36	stroked	stroke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 presented	parataxis
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 cat	det
38	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 stroked	obj
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 called	cc
40	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 stroked	conj
41	“	"	PUNCT	_	44 pussy	punct
42	Pussy	pussy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 pussy	amod
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 Pussy	punct
44	pussy	pussy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 called	conj
45	!	!	PUNCT	_	44 pussy	punct
46	”	"	PUNCT	_	44 pussy	punct
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	48 Queen	det
48	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 touched	nsubj
49	also	also	ADV	_	50 touched	advmod
50	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 pussy	parataxis
51	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 touched	obj
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 cried	cc
53	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 touched	conj
54	“	"	PUNCT	_	55 Putty	punct
55	Putty	putty	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 cried	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 putty	punct
57	putty	putty	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 Putty	conj
58	!	!	PUNCT	_	55 Putty	punct
59	”	"	PUNCT	_	55 Putty	punct
60	for	for	SCONJ	_	64 learned	mark
61	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 learned	nsubj
62	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	64 learned	aux
63	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	64 learned	advmod
64	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	53 cried	advcl
65	English	English	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 learned	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 presented	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	present	past	factor	Queen	the Queen	then		vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to queen=Recipient
2	start back	past	the Queen					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	is	past	factor not said here				afraid property	tree rules
4	touch	to-infinitive	factor not said here	a creature				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme creature=Co-Theme
5	make	past · perfect	a creature	such havoc			among the rats and mice	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent havoc=Product
6	stroke	past	the factor	the cat			however property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Experiencer
7	call	participle	the factor not said here					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
8	touch	past	the Queen	cat				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme
9	cry speech: express	past	the Queen not said here	Putty and putty				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent putty=Topic
10	not learn	past · perfect	Queen	English				vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent english=Topic

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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