The Blue Fairy Book, The Goose-girl, sentence 25
There was great rejoicing over the arrival, and the Prince sprang forward to meet them, and taking the waiting-maid for his bride, he lifted her down from her horse and led her upstairs to the royal chamber.
Who acts: Prince · What happens: rejoice, be, meet, take, lift down, lead · To what, where: arrival, words, waiting maid, maid, royal chamber
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Goose-girl. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 sprang | cop |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 was | xcomp |
| 4 | rejoicing | rejoice | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 was | advcl |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 arrival | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 arrival | det |
| 7 | arrival | arrival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rejoicing | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sprang | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sprang | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Prince | det |
| 11 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 sprang | nsubj |
| 12 | sprang | spring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 12 sprang | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 meet | mark |
| 15 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 sprang | advcl |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 meet | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 taking | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 taking | cc |
| 19 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 sprang | advcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 maid | det |
| 21 | waiting | waiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 maid | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 waiting | punct |
| 23 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 taking | obj |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 bride | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 bride | nmod:poss |
| 26 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 taking | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 lifted | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 lifted | nsubj |
| 29 | lifted | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 sprang | conj |
| 30 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 lifted | obj |
| 31 | down | down | ADP | _ | 29 lifted | compound:prt |
| 32 | from | from | ADP | _ | 34 horse | case |
| 33 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 horse | nmod:poss |
| 34 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 lifted | obl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 led | cc |
| 36 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 lifted | conj |
| 37 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 led | obj |
| 38 | upstairs | upstairs | ADV | _ | 36 led | advmod |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 chamber | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 chamber | det |
| 41 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 chamber | amod |
| 42 | chamber | chamber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 led | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 sprang | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rejoice | gerund | the Prince not said here | the arrival | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the Prince | forward, spring property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | meet | to-infinitive | the Prince not said here | words = word | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | take | gerund | the Prince not said here | the waiting maid | for prince's bride | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent maid=Theme for bride=Beneficiary | |||
| 5 | lift down | past | prince | maid | from maid's horse | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme from horse=Destination | |||
| 6 | lead | past | prince not said here | maid | the royal chamber | upstairs property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to chamber=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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