The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 1, sentence 59

The Princess was very sorry, but as Grabugeon was really dead, she allowed the Captain of the Guard to take her tongue; but, alas! it was such a little one--not bigger than the Princess’s thumb--that they decided sorrowfully that it was of no use at all: the King would not have been taken in by it for a moment!

Who acts: Princess, Grabugeon, Captain, tongue, Princesses · What happens: be, allow, take, decide, not take in · To what, where: Captain, tongue, little one, all, King · 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 (Princess, Grabugeon, Captain, tongue), 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	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sorry	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sorry	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 sorry	advmod
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 dead	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 dead	cc
8	as	as	ADP	_	9 Grabugeon	case
9	Grabugeon	Grabugeon	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 dead	obl
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 dead	cop
11	really	really	ADV	_	12 dead	advmod
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sorry	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 allowed	punct
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 allowed	nsubj
15	allowed	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sorry	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Captain	det
17	Captain	Captain	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 allowed	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 Guard	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Guard	det
20	Guard	Guard	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 Captain	nmod
21	to	to	PART	_	22 take	mark
22	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 allowed	xcomp
23	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 tongue	nmod:poss
24	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 take	obj
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 one	punct
26	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 one	cc
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 but	punct
28	alas	alas	INTJ	_	35 one	discourse
29	!	!	PUNCT	_	28 alas	punct
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	35 one	nsubj
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 one	cop
32	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	35 one	det:predet
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 one	det
34	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 one	amod
35	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sorry	parataxis
36	--	--	PUNCT	_	38 bigger	punct
37	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	38 bigger	advmod
38	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	35 one	amod
39	than	than	ADP	_	43 thumb	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 Princess	det
41	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	43 thumb	nmod:poss
42	’s	's	PART	_	41 Princess	case
43	thumb	thumb	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 bigger	obl
44	--	--	PUNCT	_	47 decided	punct
45	that	that	SCONJ	_	47 decided	mark
46	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 decided	nsubj
47	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sorry	parataxis
48	sorrowfully	sorrowfully	ADV	_	47 decided	advmod
49	that	that	SCONJ	_	54 use	mark
50	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 use	nsubj
51	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	54 use	cop
52	of	of	ADP	_	54 use	case
53	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	54 use	det
54	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 decided	ccomp
55	at	at	ADP	_	56 all	case
56	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	54 use	nmod
57	:	:	PUNCT	_	64 taken	punct
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 King	det
59	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 taken	nsubj
60	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	64 taken	aux
61	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	64 taken	advmod
62	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	64 taken	aux
63	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	64 taken	aux:pass
64	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	54 use	acl
65	in	in	ADP	_	64 taken	compound:prt
66	by	by	ADP	_	67 it	case
67	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	64 taken	obl
68	for	for	ADP	_	70 moment	case
69	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	70 moment	det
70	moment	moment	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 taken	obl
71	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the Princess				sorry property	tree rules
2	is	past	the Princess not said here				as Grabugeon; dead property	tree rules
3	allow	past	Grabugeon	the Captain of the Guard				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer captain=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
4	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	the Captain of the Guard not said here	Grabugeon's tongue				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tongue=Theme
5	is a	past	tongue	such little one				tree rules
6	decide	past	Princesses = princess				sorrowfully property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	is	past	tongue		all		of no use	tree rules
8	not take in	would · perfect · passive		the King		moment	by tongue	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Destination

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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