The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 33
When he went to her room they would hardly let him in, it was so early, but he said that the King had sent for Miranda, and she got up quickly and came out; a little black girl called Patypata held up her train, and her pet monkey and her little dog ran after her.
Who acts: king, Princesses, Captain, dream, little black girl, pet monkey · What happens: go, let in, be, say, send, get up · To what, where: king, little black girl, train · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, Princesses, Captain, dream), 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 | 3 went | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 said | advcl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 room | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 room | nmod:poss |
| 6 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 let | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 let | aux |
| 9 | hardly | hardly | ADV | _ | 10 let | advmod |
| 10 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 went | ccomp |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 let | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 let | compound:prt |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 early | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 early | cop |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 early | advmod |
| 17 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 went | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 said | cc |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 said | nsubj |
| 21 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 22 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 26 sent | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 King | det |
| 24 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 sent | aux |
| 26 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 said | ccomp |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 Miranda | case |
| 28 | Miranda | Miranda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 sent | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 got | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 got | cc |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 got | nsubj |
| 32 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 said | parataxis |
| 33 | up | up | ADP | _ | 32 got | compound:prt |
| 34 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 32 got | advmod |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 came | cc |
| 36 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 got | conj |
| 37 | out | out | ADV | _ | 36 came | advmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 held | punct |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 girl | det |
| 40 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 girl | amod |
| 41 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 girl | amod |
| 42 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 held | nsubj |
| 43 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 girl | acl |
| 44 | Patypata | Patypata | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 called | xcomp |
| 45 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 said | conj |
| 46 | up | up | ADP | _ | 45 held | compound:prt |
| 47 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 train | nmod:poss |
| 48 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 held | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 ran | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 ran | cc |
| 51 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 monkey | nmod:poss |
| 52 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 monkey | compound |
| 53 | monkey | monkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 ran | nsubj |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 dog | cc |
| 55 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 dog | nmod:poss |
| 56 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 dog | amod |
| 57 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 monkey | conj |
| 58 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 said | conj |
| 59 | after | after | ADP | _ | 60 her | case |
| 60 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 ran | obl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | king | to dream's room | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | let in | would | Princesses = princess | king | hardly property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | past | Captain | early property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | send | past · perfect · passive | the King | for Miranda | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 6 | get up | past | dream | quickly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | come out | past | dream not said here | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 8 | call | participle | a little black girl not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | hold up | past | a little black girl | dream's train | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot train=Theme | ||||
| 10 | run | past | dream's pet monkey and dream's little dog | after dream | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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