The Blue Fairy Book, Trusty John, sentence 57
After she had seen the last thing she thanked the merchant and prepared to go home; but when she came to the ship’s side she saw that they were on the high seas, far from land, and that the ship was speeding on its way under full canvas.
Who acts: Princess, birds, ship · What happens: see, thank, prepare, go, come, be · To what, where: last thing, merchant, side, land, high seas, way
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Trusty John. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, birds, ship), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 4 seen | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 seen | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 seen | aux |
| 4 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 seen | obj |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 thanked | nsubj |
| 9 | thanked | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 thing | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 merchant | det |
| 11 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 thanked | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 prepared | cc |
| 13 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 thanked | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 go | mark |
| 15 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 prepared | xcomp |
| 16 | home | home | ADV | _ | 15 go | advmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 saw | punct |
| 18 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 saw | cc |
| 19 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 21 came | advmod |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 came | nsubj |
| 21 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 saw | advcl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 side | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 ship | det |
| 24 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 side | nmod:poss |
| 25 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 24 ship | case |
| 26 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 came | obl |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 saw | nsubj |
| 28 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 seen | parataxis |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 35 seas | mark |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 seas | nsubj |
| 31 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 seas | cop |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 seas | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 seas | det |
| 34 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 seas | amod |
| 35 | seas | sea | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 saw | xcomp |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 land | punct |
| 37 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 39 land | advmod |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 39 land | case |
| 39 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 saw | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 speeding | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 speeding | cc |
| 42 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 46 speeding | mark |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 ship | det |
| 44 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 speeding | nsubj |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 speeding | aux |
| 46 | speeding | speed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 saw | conj |
| 47 | on | on | ADP | _ | 49 way | case |
| 48 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 way | nmod:poss |
| 49 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 speeding | obl |
| 50 | under | under | ADP | _ | 52 canvas | case |
| 51 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 canvas | amod |
| 52 | canvas | canvas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 speeding | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 seen | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · perfect | Princess | the last thing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | thank speech: thank | past | Princess | the merchant | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merchant=Theme | ||||
| 3 | prepare | participle | Princess not said here | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | Princess not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | come | past | Princess | the ship's side | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to side=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | see | past | Princess | land | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | is | past | birds = bird | the high seas | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | speed | past · progressive | the ship | ship's way | under full canvas | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on way=Trajectory |
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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