The Blue Fairy Book, Trusty John, sentence 94

She soon breathed again and came to herself; but the young King had watched the proceeding, and not knowing why Trusty John had acted as he did, he flew into a passion, and cried: “Throw him into prison.”

Who acts: wedding, young King, Trusty · What happens: breathe, come, watch, not know, act, do · To what, where: wedding, proceeding, passion, Trusty, prison · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (wedding, young King, Trusty), 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 breathed	nsubj
2	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 breathed	advmod
3	breathed	breathe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	again	again	ADV	_	3 breathed	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 came	cc
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 breathed	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 herself	case
8	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 came	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 watched	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 watched	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 King	det
12	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 King	amod
13	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 watched	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 watched	aux
15	watched	watch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 breathed	parataxis
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 proceeding	det
17	proceeding	proceeding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 watched	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 knowing	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 knowing	cc
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 knowing	advmod
21	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 watched	advcl
22	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	26 acted	advmod
23	Trusty	Trusty	PROPN	Number=Sing	26 acted	nsubj
24	John	John	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Trusty	flat
25	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 acted	aux
26	acted	act	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 knowing	ccomp
27	as	as	SCONJ	_	29 did	mark
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 did	nsubj
29	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 acted	advcl
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 flew	punct
31	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 flew	nsubj
32	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 breathed	conj
33	into	into	ADP	_	35 passion	case
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 passion	det
35	passion	passion	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 flew	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 cried	punct
37	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 cried	cc
38	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 breathed	conj
39	:	:	PUNCT	_	41 Throw	punct
40	“	"	PUNCT	_	41 Throw	punct
41	Throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 cried	ccomp
42	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 Throw	obj
43	into	into	ADP	_	44 prison	case
44	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 Throw	obl
45	.	.	PUNCT	_	41 Throw	punct
46	”	"	PUNCT	_	41 Throw	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	past	wedding			again	soon property	vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	come	past	wedding not said here		wedding			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to herself=Initial_Location
3	watch	past · perfect	the young King	the proceeding				vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proceeding=Theme
4	not know	gerund	the young King not said here					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	act	past · perfect	Trusty					vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	do	past	Trusty					vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	fly	past	Trusty				into a passion result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into passion=Result
8	cry speech: express	past	wedding not said here					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9	throw in a quote	infinitive		Trusty			into prison result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer he=Theme into prison=Result

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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