The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1, sentence 21
Another thing Prince Houssain particularly admired was the great number of rose-sellers who crowded the streets; for the Indians are so great lovers of that flower that no one will stir without a nosegay in his hand or a garland on his head; and the merchants keep them in pots in their shops, that the air is perfectly perfumed.
Who acts: Prince, thing, rose sellers, one, merchants · What happens: admire, be, crowd, stir, keep, perfume · To what, where: thing, great number, streets, great lovers, flower, pots
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, thing, rose sellers, one), 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 | Another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 thing | det |
| 2 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 number | nsubj |
| 3 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 admired | nsubj |
| 4 | Houssain | Houssain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Prince | flat |
| 5 | particularly | particularly | ADV | _ | 6 admired | advmod |
| 6 | admired | admire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thing | acl:relcl |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 number | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 number | det |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 number | amod |
| 10 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 sellers | case |
| 12 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sellers | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 rose | punct |
| 14 | sellers | seller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 number | nmod |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 crowded | nsubj |
| 16 | crowded | crowd | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 sellers | acl:relcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 streets | det |
| 18 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 crowded | obj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 lovers | punct |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 Indians | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Indians | det |
| 22 | Indians | Indian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 26 lovers | obl |
| 23 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 lovers | cop |
| 24 | so | so | ADV | _ | 25 great | advmod |
| 25 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 lovers | amod |
| 26 | lovers | lover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 number | nmod |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 flower | case |
| 28 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 flower | det |
| 29 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 lovers | nmod |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 34 stir | mark |
| 31 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 32 one | det |
| 32 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 stir | nsubj |
| 33 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 34 stir | aux |
| 34 | stir | stir | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 flower | acl |
| 35 | without | without | ADP | _ | 37 nosegay | case |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 nosegay | det |
| 37 | nosegay | nosegay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 stir | obl |
| 38 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 hand | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 hand | nmod:poss |
| 40 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 nosegay | nmod |
| 41 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 43 garland | cc |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 garland | det |
| 43 | garland | garland | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 hand | conj |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 head | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 head | nmod:poss |
| 46 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 garland | nmod |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 keep | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 keep | cc |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 merchants | det |
| 50 | merchants | merchant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 keep | nsubj |
| 51 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 number | parataxis |
| 52 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 keep | obj |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 pots | case |
| 54 | pots | pot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 keep | obl |
| 55 | in | in | ADP | _ | 57 shops | case |
| 56 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 57 shops | nmod:poss |
| 57 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 keep | obl |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 perfumed | punct |
| 59 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 64 perfumed | mark |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 air | det |
| 61 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 perfumed | nsubj:pass |
| 62 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 perfumed | aux:pass |
| 63 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 64 perfumed | advmod |
| 64 | perfumed | perfume | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 keep | conj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 number | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admire | past | Prince | another thing not said here | particularly property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is a | past | another thing | the great number | of rose sellers | tree rules | |||
| 3 | crowd | past | rose sellers | the streets | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent street=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | great lovers | for the Indians; of that flower | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | stir | future | no one | that flower not said here | without a nosegay in China's hand or a garland on China's head | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flower=Experiencer | |||
| 6 | keep | present | the merchants | streets = street | pots | in flowers's shops | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme in pot=Location | ||
| 7 | perfume | present · passive | the air | perfectly property | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
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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