The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1, sentence 75
“The Queen, my mother,” replied the Princess, “has lately fallen into such deep sadness that I fear that she will die; and I am afraid that perhaps I am the cause of it, for she very much wishes me to be married, and I must tell you truly that as yet I have not found anyone I consider worthy to be my husband.
Who acts: Queen, that · What happens: reply, fall, fear, die, be, wish · To what, where: Princess, such deep sadness, cause, Queen, you, that · 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, that), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 replied | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Queen | det |
| 3 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 replied | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mother | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mother | mother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Queen | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 Queen | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Queen | punct |
| 9 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Princess | det |
| 11 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 replied | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 fallen | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 fallen | punct |
| 14 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 fallen | aux |
| 15 | lately | lately | ADV | _ | 16 fallen | advmod |
| 16 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 Princess | acl:relcl |
| 17 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 sadness | case |
| 18 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 sadness | amod |
| 19 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 sadness | amod |
| 20 | sadness | sadness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fallen | obl |
| 21 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 fear | nsubj |
| 22 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 23 fear | nsubj |
| 23 | fear | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 sadness | parataxis |
| 24 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 27 die | mark |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 die | nsubj |
| 26 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 27 die | aux |
| 27 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 fear | ccomp |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 afraid | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 afraid | cc |
| 30 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 afraid | nsubj |
| 31 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 afraid | cop |
| 32 | afraid | afraid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 replied | advcl |
| 33 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 cause | mark |
| 34 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 38 cause | advmod |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 38 cause | nsubj |
| 36 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 38 cause | cop |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 cause | det |
| 38 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 afraid | advcl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 it | case |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 cause | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 wishes | punct |
| 42 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 46 wishes | mark |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 wishes | nsubj |
| 44 | very | very | ADV | _ | 45 much | advmod |
| 45 | much | much | ADV | _ | 46 wishes | advmod |
| 46 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 afraid | conj |
| 47 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 46 wishes | obj |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 50 married | mark |
| 49 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 50 married | aux:pass |
| 50 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 wishes | ccomp |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 tell | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 tell | cc |
| 53 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 55 tell | nsubj |
| 54 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 55 tell | aux |
| 55 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 afraid | conj |
| 56 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 55 tell | iobj |
| 57 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 55 tell | advmod |
| 58 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 found | obj |
| 59 | as | as | ADP | _ | 60 yet | case |
| 60 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 64 found | obl |
| 61 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 64 found | nsubj |
| 62 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 64 found | aux |
| 63 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 64 found | advmod |
| 64 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 55 tell | ccomp |
| 65 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 64 found | obj |
| 66 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 67 consider | nsubj |
| 67 | consider | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 65 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 68 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 67 consider | xcomp |
| 69 | to | to | PART | _ | 72 husband | mark |
| 70 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 72 husband | cop |
| 71 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 72 husband | nmod:poss |
| 72 | husband | husband | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 worthy | advcl |
| 73 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | past | the Queen | the Princess | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent princess=Topic | ||||
| 2 | fall in a quote | present · perfect | the Princess not said here | into such deep sadness result; lately property | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into sadness=Result | ||||
| 3 | fear in a quote | present | that | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | die in a quote | future | queen | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | the Queen = queen | afraid property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is a in a quote | present | the Queen = queen | the cause | of cause; perhaps property | tree rules | |||
| 7 | wish in a quote | present | queen | the Queen = queen | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | marry not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive · passive | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V» | ||||||
| 9 | tell speech: assert in a quote | must | the Queen = queen | you | truly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 10 | not find in a quote | present · perfect | the Queen = queen | that | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent that=Theme anyone=Attribute | ||||
| 11 | consider in a quote | present | the Queen = queen | worthy property | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 12 | is a in a quote | to-infinitive | the Queen = queen not said here | my husband | 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.
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