The Blue Fairy Book, The Wonderful Sheep, part 3, sentence 19
When he reached the palace he asked for Miranda, but by this time everyone had heard the story of her adventures, and did not want her to go back again to the King of the Sheep, so they refused sternly to let him see her.
Who acts: face, everyone, sister, Sheep · What happens: reach, ask, hear, not want, go back, refuse · To what, where: palace, story, sister, face
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Wonderful Sheep, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (face, everyone, sister, Sheep), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 3 reached | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 reached | nsubj |
| 3 | reached | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 asked | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reached | obj |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 asked | nsubj |
| 7 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 Miranda | case |
| 9 | Miranda | Miranda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 asked | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 heard | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 heard | cc |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 time | case |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 time | det |
| 14 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 heard | obl |
| 15 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 17 heard | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 heard | aux |
| 17 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 asked | parataxis |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 story | det |
| 19 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 heard | obj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 adventures | case |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 adventures | nmod:poss |
| 22 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 story | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 want | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 want | cc |
| 25 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 want | aux |
| 26 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 want | advmod |
| 27 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 heard | conj |
| 28 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 want | obj |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 go | mark |
| 30 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 want | xcomp |
| 31 | back | back | ADV | _ | 30 go | advmod |
| 32 | again | again | ADV | _ | 30 go | advmod |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 King | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 King | det |
| 35 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 go | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Sheep | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Sheep | det |
| 38 | Sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 King | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 refused | punct |
| 40 | so | so | ADV | _ | 42 refused | advmod |
| 41 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 refused | nsubj |
| 42 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 asked | conj |
| 43 | sternly | sternly | ADV | _ | 42 refused | advmod |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 let | mark |
| 45 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 refused | xcomp |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 let | obj |
| 47 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 let | xcomp |
| 48 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 see | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | past | face | the palace | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent palace=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | face | for Miranda | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | hear | past · perfect | everyone | the story of sister's adventures | time | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | not want | past · do-support | everyone not said here | sister | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go back not said to happen | to-infinitive | sister not said here | again | to the King of the Sheep result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to king=Result | |||
| 6 | refuse | past | Sheep | sternly property | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 7 | not let | to-infinitive | Sheep not said here | face | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | see | infinitive | face not said here | sister | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 9 | adventure | sister | nom adventure «act 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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