The Blue Fairy Book, The History of Whittington, sentence 80
When her father perceived they had this good liking for each other he proposed a match between them, to which both parties cheerfully consented, and the Lord Mayor, Court of Aldermen, Sheriffs, the Company of Stationers, the Royal Academy of Arts, and a number of eminent merchants attended the ceremony, and were elegantly treated at an entertainment made for that purpose.
Who acts: father, Whittington, parties, Lord Mayor · What happens: perceive, have, propose, consent, attend, treat · To what, where: good liking, match, ceremony, entertainment
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 (father, Whittington, parties, Lord Mayor), 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 perceived | advmod |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 father | nmod:poss |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 perceived | nsubj |
| 4 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 proposed | advcl |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 had | nsubj |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 perceived | ccomp |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 liking | det |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 liking | amod |
| 9 | liking | liking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 perceived | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 each | case |
| 11 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 4 perceived | obl |
| 12 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 each | fixed |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 proposed | nsubj |
| 14 | proposed | propose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 match | det |
| 16 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 proposed | obj |
| 17 | between | between | ADP | _ | 18 them | case |
| 18 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 match | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 consented | punct |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 which | case |
| 21 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 consented | obl |
| 22 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 parties | det |
| 23 | parties | party | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 consented | nsubj |
| 24 | cheerfully | cheerfully | ADV | _ | 25 consented | advmod |
| 25 | consented | consent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 proposed | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 attended | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 attended | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Mayor | det |
| 29 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Mayor | compound |
| 30 | Mayor | Mayor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 attended | nsubj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 Court | punct |
| 32 | Court | Court | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Mayor | appos |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Aldermen | case |
| 34 | Aldermen | Alderman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 32 Court | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Sheriffs | punct |
| 36 | Sheriffs | sheriff | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 Mayor | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 Company | punct |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Company | det |
| 39 | Company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 Mayor | appos |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 Stationers | case |
| 41 | Stationers | stationer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 Company | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 Academy | punct |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 Academy | det |
| 44 | Royal | Royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 Academy | amod |
| 45 | Academy | Academy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Mayor | conj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Arts | case |
| 47 | Arts | Art | PROPN | Number=Plur | 45 Academy | nmod |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 number | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 number | cc |
| 50 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 number | det |
| 51 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 Academy | appos |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 merchants | case |
| 53 | eminent | eminent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 merchants | amod |
| 54 | merchants | merchant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 number | nmod |
| 55 | attended | attend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 consented | conj |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 ceremony | det |
| 57 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 attended | obj |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 treated | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 62 treated | cc |
| 60 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 treated | aux:pass |
| 61 | elegantly | elegantly | ADV | _ | 62 treated | advmod |
| 62 | treated | treat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 proposed | conj |
| 63 | at | at | ADP | _ | 65 entertainment | case |
| 64 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 65 entertainment | det |
| 65 | entertainment | entertainment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 treated | obl |
| 66 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 65 entertainment | acl |
| 67 | for | for | ADP | _ | 69 purpose | case |
| 68 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 69 purpose | det |
| 69 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 made | obl |
| 70 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 proposed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perceive | past | Miss's father | this good liking | for each | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent liking=Theme clause=Attribute | |||
| 2 | have | past | father | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | propose | past | Whittington | a match | between father | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Theme | |||
| 4 | consent | past | both parties | cheerfully property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to which=Theme | ||||
| 5 | attend | past | the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs and the Royal Academy of Arts | the ceremony | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ceremony=Goal | ||||
| 6 | treat | past · passive | Whittington not said here | a entertainment | elegantly property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient» | |||
| 7 | make | participle | a entertainment not said here | for that purpose | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent for purpose=Asset |
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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