The Blue Fairy Book, The Princess on the Glass Hill, sentence 49

So it is needless to say that all the princes and knights were eager to win her, and half the kingdom besides, and that for this cause they came riding thither from the very end of the world, dressed so splendidly that their raiments gleamed in the sunshine, and riding on horses which seemed to dance as they went, and there was not one of these princes who did not think that he was sure to win the Princess.

Who acts: it, princes, kingdom, raiments, horses, one · What happens: be, say, win, beside, come, ride · To what, where: Princess, that, end, sunshine · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess on the Glass Hill. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (it, princes, kingdom, raiments), 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 needless	advmod
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 needless	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 needless	cop
4	needless	needless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 say	mark
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 needless	csubj
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 eager	mark
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 princes	det:predet
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princes	det
10	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 eager	nsubj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 knights	cc
12	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 princes	conj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 eager	cop
14	eager	eager	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 say	ccomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 win	mark
16	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 eager	xcomp
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 win	obj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 besides	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 besides	cc
20	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	22 kingdom	det:predet
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 kingdom	det
22	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 besides	nsubj
23	besides	beside	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 needless	parataxis
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 that	punct
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 that	cc
26	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	23 besides	obl
27	for	for	ADP	_	29 cause	case
28	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	29 cause	det
29	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 came	obl
30	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 came	nsubj
31	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 besides	parataxis
32	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	31 came	advcl
33	thither	thither	ADV	_	32 riding	advmod
34	from	from	ADP	_	37 end	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 end	det
36	very	very	ADV	_	37 end	advmod
37	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 riding	obl
38	of	of	ADP	_	40 world	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 world	det
40	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 end	nmod
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 dressed	punct
42	dressed	dress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 riding	advcl
43	so	so	ADV	_	44 splendidly	advmod
44	splendidly	splendidly	ADV	_	42 dressed	advmod
45	that	that	SCONJ	_	48 gleamed	mark
46	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 raiments	nmod:poss
47	raiments	raiment	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 gleamed	nsubj
48	gleamed	gleam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	42 dressed	advcl
49	in	in	ADP	_	51 sunshine	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 sunshine	det
51	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 gleamed	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 riding	punct
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 riding	cc
54	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 riding	conj
55	on	on	ADP	_	56 horses	case
56	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 riding	obl
57	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	58 seemed	nsubj
58	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 horses	acl:relcl
59	to	to	PART	_	60 dance	mark
60	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 seemed	xcomp
61	as	as	SCONJ	_	63 went	mark
62	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 went	nsubj
63	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 dance	advcl
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 was	punct
65	and	and	CCONJ	_	67 was	cc
66	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	67 was	expl
67	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 needless	parataxis
68	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	69 one	advmod
69	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	67 was	nsubj
70	of	of	ADP	_	72 princes	case
71	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	72 princes	det
72	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 one	nmod
73	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	76 think	nsubj
74	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	76 think	aux
75	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	76 think	advmod
76	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 princes	acl:relcl
77	that	that	SCONJ	_	80 sure	mark
78	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	80 sure	nsubj
79	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	80 sure	cop
80	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	76 think	ccomp
81	to	to	PART	_	82 win	mark
82	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	80 sure	xcomp
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 Princess	det
84	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	82 win	obj
85	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 needless	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it				needless property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	all princes and knights				eager property	tree rules
4	win	to-infinitive	all princes and knights not said here	Princess				vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Eventuality
5	beside	present	half kingdom	that				tree rules
6	come	past	princes = prince				for this cause	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	ride	gerund	princes = prince not said here			from the end of the world	thither property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from end=Trajectory
8	dress	participle	princes = prince not said here				splendidly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	gleam	participle	princes's raiments		the sunshine			vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sunshine=Location
10	ride	gerund	princes = prince not said here				on horses	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
11	seem	past	horses					vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute
12	dance	to-infinitive	horses not said here					vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
13	go	past	raiments = raiment					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	be	past	one of this princes		there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
15	not think speech: other	past · do-support	this princes					vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
16	is	past	kingdom				sure property	tree rules
17	win	to-infinitive	kingdom not said here	the Princess				vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality

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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