The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 49

If he wanted anything he only had to cry and fret and stamp his feet and she would give him whatever he asked for, which had made him self-willed; also she had told him from morning to night that he would one day be a king, and that kings were very happy, because everyone was bound to obey and respect them, and no one could prevent them from doing just as they liked.

Who acts: prince, fact, kings, everyone, one, feet · What happens: want, have, cry, fret, stamp, give · To what, where: anything, feet, prince, whatever, king · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (prince, fact, kings, everyone), 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 wanted	obj
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 had	advmod
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 anything	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 cry	mark
9	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 had	xcomp
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fret	cc
11	fret	fret	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 cry	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stamp	cc
13	stamp	stamp	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 fret	conj
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 feet	nmod:poss
15	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 stamp	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 give	cc
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 give	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 give	aux
19	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 give	iobj
21	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 asked	obj
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 asked	nsubj
23	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 give	advcl
24	for	for	SCONJ	_	28 made	mark
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 made	punct
26	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 made	nsubj:pass
27	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 made	aux
28	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	23 asked	ccomp
29	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 made	obj
30	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 willed	compound
31	-	-	PUNCT	_	30 self	punct
32	willed	will	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 made	conj
33	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 told	punct
34	also	also	ADV	_	37 told	advmod
35	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 told	nsubj
36	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 told	aux
37	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 give	parataxis
38	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	37 told	iobj
39	from	from	ADP	_	40 morning	case
40	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 told	obl
41	to	to	ADP	_	42 night	case
42	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 told	obl
43	that	that	SCONJ	_	50 king	mark
44	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 king	nsubj
45	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50 king	aux
46	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	47 day	nummod
47	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 king	nsubj
48	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	50 king	cop
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	50 king	det
50	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 night	advcl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 happy	punct
52	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 happy	cc
53	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	54 kings	det
54	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 happy	nsubj
55	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 happy	cop
56	very	very	ADV	_	57 happy	advmod
57	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 told	parataxis
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 bound	punct
59	because	because	SCONJ	_	62 bound	mark
60	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	62 bound	nsubj
61	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	62 bound	cop
62	bound	bound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 told	conj
63	to	to	PART	_	64 obey	mark
64	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 bound	xcomp
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	66 respect	cc
66	respect	respect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	64 obey	conj
67	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	66 respect	obj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 prevent	punct
69	and	and	CCONJ	_	73 prevent	cc
70	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	71 one	det
71	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	73 prevent	nsubj
72	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	73 prevent	aux
73	prevent	prevent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 told	conj
74	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	73 prevent	obj
75	from	from	SCONJ	_	76 doing	mark
76	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	73 prevent	advcl
77	just	just	ADV	_	80 liked	advmod
78	as	as	SCONJ	_	80 liked	mark
79	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 liked	nsubj
80	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 doing	ccomp
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wanted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	prince	anything				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot anything=Theme
2	have	past	prince					tree rules
3	cry speech: express	to-infinitive	prince not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	fret	infinitive	prince not said here					vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	stamp	infinitive	prince not said here	prince's feet				vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination
6	give	would	fact		prince			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
7	ask speech: ask	past	prince	whatever				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent whatever=Recipient clause=Topic
8	make	past · perfect · passive		prince				vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Product
9	will	participle						vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
10	tell speech: assert	past · perfect	fact		prince	morning; night		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
11	is a	would	prince	a king				tree rules
12	is	past	that kings				happy property	tree rules
13	is	past	everyone				bound property	tree rules
14	obey	to-infinitive	everyone not said here					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
15	respect	infinitive	everyone not said here	feet = foot				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
16	prevent	could	no one	feet = foot				vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer they=Theme
17	do	gerund	no one not said here					tree rules
18	like	past	feet = foot					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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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