The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1, sentence 109

Now Bellissima was much less proud since her adventure with the Yellow Dwarf, and she could not think of a better way of getting rid of the little monster than to marry some powerful king, therefore she replied to their request much more favorably than they had hoped, saying that, though she was very happy as she was, still, to please them, she would consent to marry the King of the Gold Mines.

Who acts: Bellissima, better way, matters · What happens: be, not think, get, marry, reply, hope · To what, where: powerful king, matters, King · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, 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 (Bellissima, better way, matters), 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	Now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 proud	advmod
2	Bellissima	Bellissima	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 proud	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 proud	cop
4	much	much	ADV	_	5 less	advmod
5	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 proud	advmod
6	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	since	since	ADP	_	9 adventure	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 adventure	nmod:poss
9	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 proud	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 Dwarf	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Dwarf	det
12	Yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Dwarf	amod
13	Dwarf	Dwarf	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 adventure	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 think	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 think	cc
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 think	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 think	aux
18	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	19 think	advmod
19	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 proud	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 way	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 way	det
22	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	23 way	amod
23	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 think	obl
24	of	of	SCONJ	_	25 getting	mark
25	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 way	acl
26	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 getting	xcomp
27	of	of	ADP	_	30 monster	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 monster	det
29	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 monster	amod
30	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 rid	obl
31	than	than	SCONJ	_	33 marry	mark
32	to	to	PART	_	33 marry	mark
33	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 getting	advcl
34	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	36 king	det
35	powerful	powerful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 king	amod
36	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 marry	obj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 replied	punct
38	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	40 replied	advmod
39	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 replied	nsubj
40	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 think	parataxis
41	to	to	ADP	_	43 request	case
42	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	43 request	nmod:poss
43	request	request	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 replied	obl
44	much	much	ADV	_	45 more	advmod
45	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	46 favorably	advmod
46	favorably	favorably	ADV	_	50 hoped	advmod
47	than	than	SCONJ	_	50 hoped	mark
48	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 hoped	nsubj:pass
49	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 hoped	aux
50	hoped	hope	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 replied	advcl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 saying	punct
52	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	50 hoped	advcl
53	that	that	SCONJ	_	52 saying	ccomp
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 happy	punct
55	though	though	SCONJ	_	59 happy	mark
56	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 happy	nsubj
57	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 happy	cop
58	very	very	ADV	_	59 happy	advmod
59	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 think	parataxis
60	as	as	SCONJ	_	62 was	mark
61	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 was	nsubj
62	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 happy	advcl
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 please	punct
64	still	still	ADV	_	67 please	advmod
65	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 please	punct
66	to	to	PART	_	67 please	mark
67	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 happy	conj
68	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 please	obj
69	,	,	PUNCT	_	72 consent	punct
70	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	72 consent	nsubj
71	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	72 consent	aux
72	consent	consent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	67 please	conj
73	to	to	PART	_	74 marry	mark
74	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 consent	xcomp
75	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	76 King	det
76	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	74 marry	obj
77	of	of	ADP	_	80 Mines	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 Mines	det
79	Gold	Gold	PROPN	Number=Sing	80 Mines	compound
80	Mines	Mines	PROPN	Number=Sing	76 King	nmod
81	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 proud	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Bellissima		since Bellissima's adventure with the Yellow Dwarf; now	less, proud property	tree rules
2	not think speech: other	could	Bellissima			of a better way	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	gerund	a better way not said here			rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	marry	to-infinitive	a better way not said here	some powerful king			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
5	reply speech: assert	past	Bellissima			to matters's request; therefore property	vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to request=Theme
6	hope	past · perfect · passive		matters = matter		favorably property	tree rules
7	say speech: assert	gerund					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
8	is	past	Bellissima			happy property	tree rules
9	be	past	Bellissima				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	please	to-infinitive	Bellissima not said here	matters = matter	still		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer
11	consent	would	Bellissima				vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
12	marry	to-infinitive	Bellissima not said here	the King of the Gold Mines			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
13	adventure		Bellissima			with the Yellow Dwarf	nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent with=obl
14	request		matters = matter				nom request «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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