The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1, sentence 62
At first she thought that all her adventures, the terrible lions, and her promise to the Yellow Dwarf that he should marry Bellissima, must have been a dream, but there was the new cap with its beautiful ribbon and lace to remind her that it was all true, which made her so unhappy that she could neither eat, drink, nor sleep for thinking of it.
Who acts: queen, Dwarf, cap, sleep · What happens: think, marry, be, remind, make, eat · To what, where: Bellissima, dream, new cap, queen · 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 (queen, Dwarf, cap, sleep), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 first | case |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 thought | obl |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 adventures | mark |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 adventures | det:predet |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 adventures | nmod:poss |
| 8 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 lions | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lions | det |
| 11 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 lions | amod |
| 12 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 adventures | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 promise | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 promise | cc |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 promise | nmod:poss |
| 16 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 Dwarf | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 Dwarf | det |
| 19 | Yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 Dwarf | amod |
| 20 | Dwarf | dwarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 promise | nmod |
| 21 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 24 marry | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 marry | nsubj |
| 23 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 24 marry | aux |
| 24 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 promise | acl |
| 25 | Bellissima | Bellissima | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 marry | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 dream | punct |
| 27 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 31 dream | aux |
| 28 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 31 dream | aux |
| 29 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 dream | cop |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 dream | det |
| 31 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Bellissima | appos |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 cap | punct |
| 33 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 was | cc |
| 34 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 35 was | expl |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 cap | cop |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 cap | det |
| 37 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 cap | amod |
| 38 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 Bellissima | appos |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 ribbon | case |
| 40 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 ribbon | nmod:poss |
| 41 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 ribbon | amod |
| 42 | ribbon | ribbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 cap | nmod |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 lace | cc |
| 44 | lace | lace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 ribbon | conj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 remind | mark |
| 46 | remind | remind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 marry | advcl |
| 47 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 remind | iobj |
| 48 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 true | mark |
| 49 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 true | nsubj |
| 50 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 true | cop |
| 51 | all | all | ADV | _ | 52 true | advmod |
| 52 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 remind | ccomp |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 made | punct |
| 54 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 55 made | nsubj |
| 55 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 true | parataxis |
| 56 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 made | obj |
| 57 | so | so | ADV | _ | 58 unhappy | advmod |
| 58 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 made | xcomp |
| 59 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 63 eat | mark |
| 60 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 63 eat | nsubj |
| 61 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 eat | aux |
| 62 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 63 eat | advmod |
| 63 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 unhappy | ccomp |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 drink | punct |
| 65 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 63 eat | conj |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 sleep | punct |
| 67 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 68 sleep | cc |
| 68 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 made | obl |
| 69 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 70 thinking | mark |
| 70 | thinking | think | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 68 sleep | acl |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 72 it | case |
| 72 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 thinking | obl |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | queen | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | marry | should | Dwarf | Bellissima | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bellissima=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is a | must · perfect | a dream | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | is a | past | the new cap | with cap's beautiful ribbon and lace | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | remind speech: other | to-infinitive | Dwarf not said here | queen | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | is | past | cap | all, true property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | make | past | queen | sleep obl; unhappy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product | ||||
| 8 | eat | could | queen | neither property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 9 | drink | infinitive | queen not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 10 | think speech: other | gerund | sleep not said here | of cap | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 11 | adventure | queen | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | promise | queen | to the Yellow Dwarf | nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
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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