The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, sentence 32
The King, her father, gave his consent; and Prince Hyacinth, who, in his anxiety to see the Princess, had gone three leagues to meet her was just advancing to kiss her hand when, to the horror of all who stood by, the enchanter appeared as suddenly as a flash of lightning, and, snatching up the Dear Little Princess, whirled her away out of their sight!
Who acts: King, princess, horror, enchanter, Dear Little Princess, lightning · What happens: give, see, go, meet, advance, kiss · To what, where: consent, Princess, three leagues, hand, Cleopatra, sight
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 (King, princess, horror, enchanter), 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 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 father | punct |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 father | nmod:poss |
| 5 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 King | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 King | punct |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 consent | nmod:poss |
| 9 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 Hyacinth | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Hyacinth | cc |
| 12 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Hyacinth | compound |
| 13 | Hyacinth | Hyacinth | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 anxiety | punct |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 anxiety | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 anxiety | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 anxiety | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 anxiety | nmod:poss |
| 19 | anxiety | anxiety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Hyacinth | appos |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 see | mark |
| 21 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 anxiety | acl |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Princess | det |
| 23 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 see | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 gone | punct |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 gone | aux |
| 26 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 gave | conj |
| 27 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 28 leagues | nummod |
| 28 | leagues | league | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 gone | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 meet | mark |
| 30 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 gone | advcl |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 advancing | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 advancing | aux |
| 33 | just | just | ADV | _ | 34 advancing | advmod |
| 34 | advancing | advance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 meet | ccomp |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 kiss | mark |
| 36 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 advancing | xcomp |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 hand | nmod:poss |
| 38 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 kiss | obj |
| 39 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 36 kiss | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 horror | punct |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 horror | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 horror | det |
| 43 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 advancing | parataxis |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 all | case |
| 45 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 horror | nmod |
| 46 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 stood | nsubj |
| 47 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 horror | parataxis |
| 48 | by | by | ADP | _ | 47 stood | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 appeared | punct |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 enchanter | det |
| 51 | enchanter | enchanter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 appeared | nsubj |
| 52 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 stood | conj |
| 53 | as | as | ADV | _ | 54 suddenly | advmod |
| 54 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 52 appeared | advmod |
| 55 | as | as | ADP | _ | 57 flash | case |
| 56 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 flash | det |
| 57 | flash | flash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 appeared | obl |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 lightning | case |
| 59 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 flash | nmod |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 whirled | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 whirled | cc |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 snatching | punct |
| 63 | snatching | snatch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 70 whirled | advcl |
| 64 | up | up | ADP | _ | 63 snatching | compound:prt |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 Princess | det |
| 66 | Dear | dear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 Princess | amod |
| 67 | Little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 Princess | amod |
| 68 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 70 whirled | nsubj |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 whirled | punct |
| 70 | whirled | whirl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 gave | conj |
| 71 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 whirled | obj |
| 72 | away | away | ADV | _ | 70 whirled | advmod |
| 73 | out | out | ADP | _ | 76 sight | case |
| 74 | of | of | ADP | _ | 76 sight | case |
| 75 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 76 sight | nmod:poss |
| 76 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 whirled | obl |
| 77 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the King and princess's father | king's consent | Prince Hyacinth obl | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consent=Theme | |||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | the King and princess's father not said here | the Princess | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | go | past · perfect | the King and princess's father not said here | three leagues | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location league=Theme | ||||
| 4 | meet | to-infinitive | the King and princess's father not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | advance | past · progressive | princess | vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 6 | kiss | to-infinitive | princess not said here | princess's hand | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent | ||||
| 7 | stand by | past | the horror of all | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | appear | past | the enchanter | as a flash of lightning; suddenly property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | snatch up | gerund | the Dear Little Princess not said here | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | whirl away | past | the Dear Little Princess | Cleopatra | hands's sight | away property | vn coil-9.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme out sight=Destination | ||
| 11 | consent | king | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | flash | lightning | nom flash «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 13 | sight | hands = hand | nom sight «cognition transitive»: poss=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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