The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 136
She soon seemed to be quite well again, and the Prince, delighted to have been able to help her, was thinking of going home to the palace, when he heard a great outcry, and, turning round, saw Celia, who was being carried against her will into the great house.
Who acts: girl, Prince · What happens: seem, be, help, think, go, hear · To what, where: girl, palace, great outcry, Celia
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Darling. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (girl, 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 seemed | nsubj |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 seemed | advmod |
| 3 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 again | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 again | cop |
| 6 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 8 again | advmod |
| 7 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 again | advmod |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 seemed | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 thinking | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 thinking | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Prince | det |
| 12 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 thinking | nsubj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 delighted | punct |
| 14 | delighted | delighted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Prince | conj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 able | mark |
| 16 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 able | aux |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 able | cop |
| 18 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 delighted | advcl |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 help | mark |
| 20 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 able | xcomp |
| 21 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 help | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Prince | punct |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 thinking | aux |
| 24 | thinking | think | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 seemed | xcomp |
| 25 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 26 going | mark |
| 26 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 thinking | advcl |
| 27 | home | home | ADV | _ | 26 going | advmod |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 palace | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 palace | det |
| 30 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 going | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 heard | punct |
| 32 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 34 heard | advmod |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 heard | nsubj |
| 34 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 seemed | parataxis |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 outcry | det |
| 36 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 outcry | amod |
| 37 | outcry | outcry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 heard | obj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 turning | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 turning | cc |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 turning | punct |
| 41 | turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 heard | parataxis |
| 42 | round | round | ADV | _ | 41 turning | advmod |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 saw | punct |
| 44 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 heard | conj |
| 45 | Celia | Celia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 saw | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 carried | punct |
| 47 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 48 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 carried | aux:pass |
| 49 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 50 carried | aux:pass |
| 50 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 Celia | parataxis |
| 51 | against | against | ADP | _ | 53 will | case |
| 52 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 will | nmod:poss |
| 53 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 50 carried | conj |
| 54 | into | into | ADP | _ | 57 house | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 house | det |
| 56 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 house | amod |
| 57 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 will | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 seemed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | seem | past | girl | soon property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | girl not said here | again, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | to-infinitive · perfect | the Prince not said here | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | help | to-infinitive | the Prince not said here | girl | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | think speech: other | past · progressive | the Prince | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | go | gerund | the Prince not said here | the palace | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location | |||
| 7 | hear | past | prince | a great outcry | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer outcry=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | turn round | gerund | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | see | past | prince not said here | Celia | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer celia=Stimulus | ||||
| 10 | carry | past · passive | Celia | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=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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