The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, sentence 76
He really believed what he said, and hadn’t an idea that the people who had praised his nose were laughing at him, just as the Fairy’s maid was laughing at her; for the Prince had seen her laugh slyly when she could do so without the Fairy’s noticing her.
Who acts: Hyacinth, people, maid, Prince · What happens: believe, say, not have, praise, laugh, see · To what, where: idea, people, maid · 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, people, maid, Prince), 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 believed | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 3 believed | advmod |
| 3 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 believed | obj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 what | acl:relcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 had | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 had | cc |
| 9 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 believed | parataxis |
| 10 | n’t | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 had | advmod |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 idea | det |
| 12 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 had | obj |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 laughing | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 people | det |
| 15 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 laughing | nsubj |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 praised | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 praised | aux |
| 18 | praised | praise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 people | acl:relcl |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 nose | nmod:poss |
| 20 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 praised | obj |
| 21 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 laughing | aux |
| 22 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 idea | acl |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 him | case |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 laughing | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 laughing | punct |
| 26 | just | just | ADV | _ | 33 laughing | advmod |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 33 laughing | mark |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Fairy | det |
| 29 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 maid | nmod:poss |
| 30 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 29 Fairy | case |
| 31 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 laughing | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 laughing | aux |
| 33 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 22 laughing | conj |
| 34 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 her | case |
| 35 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 laughing | obl |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 seen | punct |
| 37 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 41 seen | mark |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Prince | det |
| 39 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 seen | nsubj |
| 40 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 seen | aux |
| 41 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 had | conj |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 laugh | nmod:poss |
| 43 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 seen | xcomp |
| 44 | slyly | slyly | ADV | _ | 43 laugh | advmod |
| 45 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 48 do | advmod |
| 46 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 do | nsubj |
| 47 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 48 do | aux |
| 48 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 laugh | conj |
| 49 | so | so | ADV | _ | 48 do | advmod |
| 50 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 54 noticing | mark |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Fairy | det |
| 52 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 noticing | nmod:poss |
| 53 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 52 Fairy | case |
| 54 | noticing | notice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 48 do | advcl |
| 55 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 noticing | obj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 believed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | believe | past | Hyacinth | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Hyacinth | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not have | past | a idea | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Patient | |||||
| 4 | praise | past · perfect · passive | the people | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | laugh | past · progressive | the people | a idea not said here | at Hyacinth | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme | |||
| 6 | laugh | past · progressive | the Fairy's maid | at fairy | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | see | past · perfect | the Prince | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | laugh | infinitive | the Prince not said here | slyly property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | do | could | maid | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | notice | gerund | maid not said here | maid | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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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