The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, sentence 29

The Princess, whom he thought quite charming, had, however, a little saucy nose, which, in her face, was the prettiest thing possible, but it was a cause of great embarrassment to the courtiers, who had got into such a habit of laughing at little noses that they sometimes found themselves laughing at hers before they had time to think; but this did not do at all before the Prince, who quite failed to see the joke, and actually banished two of his courtiers who had dared to mention disrespectfully the Dear Little Princess’s tiny nose!

Who acts: Hyacinth, Princess, nose, courtiers, habit, this · What happens: think, have, be, get, laugh, find · To what, where: Princess, little saucy nose, prettiest thing, cause, habit, little noses · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Hyacinth, Princess, nose, courtiers), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 thing	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 thought	punct
4	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 thought	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thought	nsubj
6	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Princess	acl
7	quite	quite	ADV	_	8 charming	advmod
8	charming	charming	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thought	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 had	punct
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thought	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 nose	punct
12	however	however	ADV	_	17 nose	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 however	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 nose	det
15	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 nose	amod
16	saucy	saucy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 nose	amod
17	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 face	punct
19	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 face	nsubj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 face	punct
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 face	case
22	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 face	nmod:poss
23	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 nose	conj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Princess	punct
25	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 thing	cop
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 thing	det
27	prettiest	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Sup	28 thing	amod
28	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
29	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 thing	amod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 cause	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 cause	cc
32	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 cause	nsubj
33	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 cause	cop
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 cause	det
35	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 thing	conj
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 embarrassment	case
37	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 embarrassment	amod
38	embarrassment	embarrassment	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 cause	nmod
39	to	to	ADP	_	41 courtiers	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 courtiers	det
41	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 embarrassment	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 got	punct
43	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	45 got	nsubj
44	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 got	aux
45	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	41 courtiers	acl
46	into	into	ADP	_	49 habit	case
47	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	49 habit	det:predet
48	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	49 habit	det
49	habit	habit	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 got	obl
50	of	of	SCONJ	_	51 laughing	mark
51	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	49 habit	acl
52	at	at	ADP	_	54 noses	case
53	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	54 noses	amod
54	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	51 laughing	obl
55	that	that	SCONJ	_	58 found	mark
56	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 found	nsubj
57	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	58 found	advmod
58	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 noses	advcl
59	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	58 found	obj
60	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	58 found	xcomp
61	at	at	ADP	_	62 hers	case
62	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 laughing	obl
63	before	before	SCONJ	_	65 had	mark
64	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	65 had	nsubj
65	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 laughing	advcl
66	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 had	obj
67	to	to	PART	_	68 think	mark
68	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	66 time	acl
69	;	;	PUNCT	_	74 do	punct
70	but	but	CCONJ	_	74 do	cc
71	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	74 do	nsubj
72	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	74 do	aux
73	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	74 do	advmod
74	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 thing	parataxis
75	at	at	ADP	_	76 all	fixed
76	all	all	ADV	PronType=Tot	74 do	advmod
77	before	before	ADP	_	79 Prince	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 Prince	det
79	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 do	obl
80	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 failed	punct
81	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	83 failed	nsubj
82	quite	quite	ADV	_	83 failed	advmod
83	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	79 Prince	acl:relcl
84	to	to	PART	_	85 see	mark
85	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	83 failed	xcomp
86	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	87 joke	det
87	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	85 see	obj
88	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 banished	punct
89	and	and	CCONJ	_	91 banished	cc
90	actually	actually	ADV	_	91 banished	advmod
91	banished	banish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 failed	conj
92	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	95 courtiers	nummod
93	of	of	ADP	_	95 courtiers	case
94	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	95 courtiers	nmod:poss
95	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	91 banished	obj
96	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	98 dared	nsubj
97	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	98 dared	aux
98	dared	dare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	95 courtiers	acl:relcl
99	to	to	PART	_	100 mention	mark
100	mention	mention	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	98 dared	xcomp
101	disrespectfully	disrespectfully	ADV	_	108 nose	advmod
102	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	105 Princess	det
103	Dear	dear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	105 Princess	amod
104	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	105 Princess	amod
105	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	108 nose	nmod:poss
106	’s	's	PART	_	105 Princess	case
107	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 nose	amod
108	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	100 mention	obl
109	!	!	PUNCT	_	28 thing	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	Hyacinth	the Princess				tree rules
2	have	past		a little saucy nose and princess's face				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient
3	is a	past	the Princess	the prettiest thing but a cause				tree rules
4	is a	past	nose	a cause			of great embarrassment to the courtiers	tree rules
5	get	past · perfect	the courtiers		such habit			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into habit=Destination
6	laugh	gerund	such habit not said here		little noses			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	find	past	courtiers = courtier	courtiers = courtier			sometimes property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent themselves=Attribute clause=Theme
8	laugh	gerund	courtiers = courtier not said here				at princess	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	have	past	courtiers = courtier			time		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
10	think speech: other	to-infinitive	courtiers = courtier not said here					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	not do	past · do-support	this			before the Prince	all property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	fail	past	the Prince					vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
13	not see	to-infinitive	the Prince not said here	the joke				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus
14	banish	past	the Prince not said here	Hyacinth's two courtiers			actually property	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courtier=Theme
15	dare	past · perfect	Hyacinth's two courtiers					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
16	mention speech: other	to-infinitive	Hyacinth's two courtiers not said here	the Dear Little Princess's tiny nose				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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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