The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, sentence 30

The others, taking warning from this, learned to think twice before they spoke, and one even went so far as to tell the Prince that, though it was quite true that no man could be worth anything unless he had a long nose, still, a woman’s beauty was a different thing; and he knew a learned man who understood Greek and had read in some old manuscripts that the beautiful Cleopatra herself had a “tip-tilted” nose!

Who acts: others, one, warning, man, Prince, beauty · What happens: take, learn, think, speak, go, tell · To what, where: warning, this, that, Prince, long nose, different thing · 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 (others, one, warning, man), 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 others	det
2	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 learned	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 taking	punct
4	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 others	acl
5	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taking	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 this	case
7	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 warning	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 others	punct
9	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 think	mark
11	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 learned	xcomp
12	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	11 think	advmod
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 spoke	mark
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 spoke	nsubj
15	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 think	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 went	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 went	cc
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	20 went	nsubj
19	even	even	ADV	_	20 went	advmod
20	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 learned	parataxis
21	so	so	ADV	_	22 far	advmod
22	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	20 went	advmod
23	as	as	SCONJ	_	25 tell	mark
24	to	to	PART	_	25 tell	mark
25	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 went	conj
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 Prince	det
27	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	25 tell	obj
28	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 tell	obj
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 true	punct
30	though	though	SCONJ	_	34 true	mark
31	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	34 true	nsubj
32	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 true	cop
33	quite	quite	ADV	_	34 true	advmod
34	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 tell	parataxis
35	that	that	SCONJ	_	40 worth	mark
36	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	37 man	det
37	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 worth	nsubj
38	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 worth	aux
39	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	40 worth	cop
40	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 true	conj
41	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	40 worth	obj
42	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	44 had	mark
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 had	nsubj
44	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 anything	acl
45	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 nose	det
46	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 nose	amod
47	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 had	obj
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 thing	punct
49	still	still	ADV	_	58 thing	advmod
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 thing	punct
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 woman	det
52	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 beauty	nmod:poss
53	’s	's	PART	_	52 woman	case
54	beauty	beauty	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 thing	nsubj
55	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 thing	cop
56	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 thing	det
57	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 thing	amod
58	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 nose	conj
59	;	;	PUNCT	_	62 knew	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	62 knew	cc
61	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 knew	nsubj
62	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 learned	parataxis
63	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	65 man	det
64	learned	learn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	65 man	amod
65	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 knew	obj
66	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 understood	nsubj
67	understood	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 man	acl:relcl
68	Greek	Greek	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 understood	xcomp
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	71 read	cc
70	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 read	aux
71	read	read	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	62 knew	conj
72	in	in	ADP	_	75 manuscripts	case
73	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	75 manuscripts	det
74	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 manuscripts	amod
75	manuscripts	manuscript	NOUN	Number=Plur	71 read	obl
76	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	81 had	obj
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	79 Cleopatra	det
78	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	79 Cleopatra	amod
79	Cleopatra	Cleopatra	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 had	nsubj
80	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	79 Cleopatra	nmod
81	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 manuscripts	acl:relcl
82	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	88 nose	det
83	“	"	PUNCT	_	86 tilted	punct
84	tip	tip	NOUN	Number=Sing	86 tilted	compound
85	-	-	PUNCT	_	84 tip	punct
86	tilted	tilt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	88 nose	amod
87	”	"	PUNCT	_	86 tilted	punct
88	nose	nose	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 had	obj
89	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 learned	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	gerund	the others not said here	warning		this			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent warning=Theme from this=Initial_Location
2	learn	past	the others						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	think speech: other	to-infinitive	the others not said here					twice property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	speak speech: other	past	others = other						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	go	past	one					far property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	one not said here	that	the Prince				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent prince=Recipient that=Topic
7	is	past	warning					true property	tree rules
8	is	could	no man					worth property	tree rules
9	have a condition, not said to happen	past	Prince	a long nose and a different thing					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nose=Patient
10	is a	past	a woman's beauty	a different thing			still		tree rules
11	know	past	Prince	a learned man					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
12	learn	participle							vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	understand	past	a learned man					greek property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
14	read	past · perfect	Prince not said here			some old manuscripts			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
15	have	past	the beautiful Cleopatra Cleopatra	some old manuscripts					tree rules
16	tilt in a quote	participle							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «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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