The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2, sentence 12
Her women having presently informed her, in a manner that showed their joy, that she was obliged to the three Princes for the sudden recovery of her health, and particularly to Prince Ahmed, she immediately expressed her joy to see them, and thanked them all together, and afterward Prince Ahmed in particular.
Who acts: women, manner, Princess, health · What happens: have, inform, show, oblige, express, see · To what, where: Princess, manner, joy, women
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (women, manner, Princess, health), 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 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 women | nmod:poss |
| 2 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 informed | nsubj |
| 3 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 women | acl |
| 4 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 3 having | advmod |
| 5 | informed | inform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 informed | iobj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 manner | punct |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 manner | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 manner | det |
| 10 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 informed | obl |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 showed | nsubj |
| 12 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 manner | acl:relcl |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 joy | nmod:poss |
| 14 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 showed | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 obliged | punct |
| 16 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 obliged | mark |
| 17 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 obliged | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 obliged | aux:pass |
| 19 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 showed | conj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 Princes | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Princes | det |
| 22 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 Princes | nummod |
| 23 | Princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 obliged | obl |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 recovery | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 recovery | det |
| 26 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 recovery | amod |
| 27 | recovery | recovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 obliged | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 health | case |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 health | nmod:poss |
| 30 | health | health | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 recovery | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 Ahmed | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 Ahmed | cc |
| 33 | particularly | particularly | ADV | _ | 36 Ahmed | advmod |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 Ahmed | case |
| 35 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Ahmed | compound |
| 36 | Ahmed | Ahmed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 informed | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 expressed | punct |
| 38 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 expressed | nsubj |
| 39 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 40 expressed | advmod |
| 40 | expressed | express | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 informed | conj |
| 41 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 joy | nmod:poss |
| 42 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 expressed | obj |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 see | mark |
| 44 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 expressed | advcl |
| 45 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 see | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 thanked | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 thanked | cc |
| 48 | thanked | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 informed | conj |
| 49 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 thanked | obj |
| 50 | all | all | ADV | _ | 51 together | advmod |
| 51 | together | together | ADV | _ | 48 thanked | advmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 particular | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 particular | cc |
| 54 | afterward | afterward | ADP | _ | 56 Ahmed | case |
| 55 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 Ahmed | compound |
| 56 | Ahmed | Ahmed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 particular | obl |
| 57 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 particular | case |
| 58 | particular | particular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 thanked | parataxis |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 informed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | Princess's women not said here | presently property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | inform speech: other | past | Princess's women | Princess | a manner | to Prince Ahmed | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||
| 3 | show | past | a manner | women's joy | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent joy=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | oblige | past · passive | Princess | to the three Princes; for the sudden recovery of Princess's health | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 5 | express | past | Princess | Princess's joy | immediately property | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joy=Theme | |||
| 6 | see | to-infinitive | Princess not said here | women = woman | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | thank speech: thank | past | Princess's women not said here | women = woman | together property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 8 | joy | women = woman | nom joy «feeling transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | recover | Princess's health | nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 10 | joy | Princess | nom joy «feeling 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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