The Blue Fairy Book, Prince Darling, sentence 55
At last he got tired of being constantly reminded, and wanted to be able to do as he liked, so he threw his ring aside, and thought himself the happiest of men to have got rid of its teasing pricks.
Who acts: prince · What happens: get, remind, want, be, do, like · To what, where: last, ring, prince, happiest · 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), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 last | case |
| 2 | last | last | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 reminded | mark |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 reminded | aux:pass |
| 8 | constantly | constantly | ADV | _ | 9 reminded | advmod |
| 9 | reminded | remind | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 tired | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wanted | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 wanted | cc |
| 12 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 able | mark |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 able | cop |
| 15 | able | able | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wanted | xcomp |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 do | mark |
| 17 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 able | xcomp |
| 18 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 20 liked | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 liked | nsubj |
| 20 | liked | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 do | advcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 threw | punct |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 threw | advmod |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 threw | nsubj |
| 24 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 ring | nmod:poss |
| 26 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 threw | obj |
| 27 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 24 threw | advmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 thought | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 thought | cc |
| 30 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 31 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 30 thought | obj |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 happiest | det |
| 33 | happiest | happy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 38 got | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 men | case |
| 35 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 happiest | nmod |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 got | mark |
| 37 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 got | aux |
| 38 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 30 thought | ccomp |
| 39 | rid | rid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 got | xcomp |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 pricks | case |
| 41 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 pricks | nmod:poss |
| 42 | teasing | teasing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 pricks | compound |
| 43 | pricks | prick | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 rid | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | prince | last | tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | remind speech: other | gerund · passive | prince not said here | constantly property | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient» | ||||
| 3 | want | past | prince not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 4 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | prince not said here | able property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | do | to-infinitive | prince not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | like | past | prince | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 7 | throw | past | prince | prince's ring | aside property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Theme | |||
| 8 | think speech: other | past | prince not said here | prince | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 9 | get | to-infinitive · perfect | the happiest of men | rid property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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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