The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter III, sentence 11

The parallel sticks secured them and their horses from falling off the stage, and the Emperor was so much delighted that he ordered this entertainment to be repeated several days, and persuaded the Empress herself to let me hold her in her chair within two yards of the stage, whence she could view the whole performance.

Who acts: parallel sticks, Emperor, majesty, me, Empress · What happens: secure, fall off, be, order, repeat, persuade · To what, where: swords, stage, entertainment, Empress, me, chair

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Chapter III. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (parallel sticks, Emperor, majesty, me), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sticks	det
2	parallel	parallel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sticks	amod
3	sticks	stick	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 secured	nsubj
4	secured	secure	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 secured	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 horses	cc
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 horses	nmod:poss
8	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 them	conj
9	from	from	SCONJ	_	10 falling	mark
10	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 secured	advcl
11	off	off	ADP	_	13 stage	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 stage	det
13	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 falling	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 delighted	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 delighted	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 Emperor	det
17	Emperor	Emperor	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 delighted	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 delighted	cop
19	so	so	ADV	_	20 much	advmod
20	much	much	ADV	_	21 delighted	advmod
21	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 secured	parataxis
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 ordered	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 ordered	nsubj
24	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 delighted	advcl
25	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 entertainment	det
26	entertainment	entertainment	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 ordered	obj
27	to	to	PART	_	29 repeated	mark
28	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 repeated	aux:pass
29	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 ordered	conj
30	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 days	amod
31	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 repeated	obl:unmarked
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 persuaded	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 persuaded	cc
34	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 secured	conj
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 Empress	det
36	Empress	Empress	PROPN	Number=Sing	34 persuaded	obj
37	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	34 persuaded	obl
38	to	to	PART	_	39 let	mark
39	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 persuaded	advcl
40	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	39 let	obj
41	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 let	xcomp
42	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 hold	obj
43	in	in	ADP	_	45 chair	case
44	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 chair	nmod:poss
45	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 hold	obl
46	within	within	ADP	_	48 yards	case
47	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	48 yards	nummod
48	yards	yard	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 hold	obl
49	of	of	ADP	_	51 stage	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 stage	det
51	stage	stage	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 yards	nmod
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 view	punct
53	whence	whence	ADV	PronType=Int	56 view	advmod
54	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 view	nsubj
55	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	56 view	aux
56	view	view	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 let	conj
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 performance	det
58	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 performance	amod
59	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 view	obj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 secured	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	secure	past	the parallel sticks	swords = sword				vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition they=Theme
2	fall off	gerund	the parallel sticks not said here	the stage				vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient stage=Extent
3	is	past	the Emperor				delighted property	tree rules
4	order	past	majesty	this entertainment				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entertainment=Theme
5	repeat	to-infinitive · passive	majesty not said here			day		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»
6	persuade	past	the parallel sticks not said here	the Empress			Empress obl	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent empress=Patient
7	let	to-infinitive	the parallel sticks not said here	me				tree rules
8	hold	infinitive	me not said here	Empress	Empress's chair		within two yards of the stage	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Theme in chair=Location
9	view	could	Empress	the whole performance			whence property	vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer performance=Stimulus

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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