The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 2, sentence 43
“The talking sheep received me as their king, and told me that they, too, were unfortunate princes who had, in different ways, offended the revengeful fairy, and had been added to her flock for a certain number of years; some more, some less.
Who acts: talking sheep, Sheep, unfortunate princes · What happens: receive, tell, be, have, offend, add · To what, where: Miranda, unfortunate princes, different ways, revengeful fairy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (talking sheep, Sheep, unfortunate princes), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 received | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sheep | det |
| 3 | talking | talking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sheep | compound |
| 4 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 received | nsubj |
| 5 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 received | obj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 king | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 king | nmod:poss |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 received | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 told | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 told | cc |
| 12 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 received | conj |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 told | iobj |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 princes | mark |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 princes | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 they | punct |
| 17 | too | too | ADV | _ | 21 princes | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 too | punct |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 princes | cop |
| 20 | unfortunate | unfortunate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 princes | amod |
| 21 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 told | iobj |
| 22 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 had | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 princes | acl:relcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 ways | punct |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 ways | case |
| 26 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 ways | amod |
| 27 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 had | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 offended | punct |
| 29 | offended | offend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 told | parataxis |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 fairy | det |
| 31 | revengeful | revengeful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 fairy | amod |
| 32 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 offended | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 added | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 added | cc |
| 35 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 added | aux |
| 36 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 37 added | aux:pass |
| 37 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 offended | conj |
| 38 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 flock | case |
| 39 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 flock | nmod:poss |
| 40 | flock | flock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 added | obl |
| 41 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 number | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 number | det |
| 43 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 number | amod |
| 44 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 added | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 years | case |
| 46 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 number | nmod |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 49 more | punct |
| 48 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 49 more | det |
| 49 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 received | obj |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 less | punct |
| 51 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 52 less | det |
| 52 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 49 more | conj |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 received | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive in a quote | past | the talking sheep | Miranda | as Sheep's king | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent i=Theme more=Location | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert in a quote | past | the talking sheep not said here | unfortunate princes | Miranda | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient prince=Topic | |||
| 3 | is a in a quote | past | Sheep | unfortunate princes | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | have in a quote | past | unfortunate princes | different ways | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | offend in a quote | past | the revengeful fairy | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus fairy=Experiencer | |||||
| 6 | add speech: assert in a quote | past · perfect · passive | to lion's flock; for a certain number of years | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to flock=Co-Patient |
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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