The Blue Fairy Book, Chapter III, sentence 16
I had sent so many petitions for my liberty that his Majesty at length mentioned the matter in a full council, where it was opposed by none except Skyresh Bolgolam, admiral of the realm, who was pleased without any provocation to be my mortal enemy.
Who acts: I, Majesty, none, realm · What happens: send, mention, oppose, be · To what, where: many petitions, matter, full council, mortal enemy
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 (I, Majesty, none, realm), 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 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | aux |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 many | advmod |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 petitions | amod |
| 6 | petitions | petition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sent | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 liberty | case |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 liberty | nmod:poss |
| 9 | liberty | liberty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | obl |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 mentioned | mark |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 12 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 mentioned | nsubj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 length | case |
| 14 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Majesty | nmod |
| 15 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sent | advcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 matter | det |
| 17 | matter | matter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 mentioned | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 council | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 council | det |
| 20 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 council | amod |
| 21 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 mentioned | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 opposed | punct |
| 23 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 26 opposed | advmod |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 opposed | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 opposed | aux:pass |
| 26 | opposed | oppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 council | acl:relcl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 28 none | case |
| 28 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 26 opposed | obl |
| 29 | except | except | ADP | _ | 30 Skyresh | case |
| 30 | Skyresh | Skyresh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 none | nmod |
| 31 | Bolgolam | Bolgolam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Skyresh | flat |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 admiral | punct |
| 33 | admiral | admiral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 none | conj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 realm | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 realm | det |
| 36 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 admiral | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 pleased | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 pleased | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 pleased | cop |
| 40 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 realm | acl:relcl |
| 41 | without | without | ADP | _ | 43 provocation | case |
| 42 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 43 provocation | det |
| 43 | provocation | provocation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 pleased | obl |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 enemy | mark |
| 45 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 48 enemy | cop |
| 46 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 47 | mortal | mortal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 enemy | amod |
| 48 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 provocation | acl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · perfect | I | many petitions | for my liberty | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petition=Theme | |||
| 2 | mention speech: other | past | rider's Majesty at length | the matter | a full council | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent matter=Topic | |||
| 3 | oppose | past · passive | none | matter | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | is | past | the realm | without any provocation; pleased property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | is a | to-infinitive | the realm not said here | my mortal enemy | tree rules |
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.
This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg503/45/16/