The Blue Fairy Book, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4, sentence 63
Guarded in this manner, he arrived at the capital of the Indies, but the lions never left him till they had conducted him to the gates of the Sultan’s palace; after which they returned the same way they came, though not without frightening all that saw them, for all they went in a very gentle manner and showed no fierceness.
Who acts: Prince, lions, that · What happens: guard, arrive, not leave, conduct, return, come · To what, where: manner, capital, Prince, gates, same way, Lions
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Prince, lions, 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 | Guarded | guard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 arrived | advcl |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 manner | case |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 manner | det |
| 4 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Guarded | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Guarded | punct |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 arrived | nsubj |
| 7 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 capital | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 capital | det |
| 10 | capital | capital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 arrived | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Indies | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Indies | det |
| 13 | Indies | Indy | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 capital | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 left | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 left | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lions | det |
| 17 | lions | lion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 left | nsubj |
| 18 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 19 left | advmod |
| 19 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 arrived | conj |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 left | obj |
| 21 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 24 conducted | mark |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 conducted | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 conducted | aux |
| 24 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 left | advcl |
| 25 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 conducted | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 gates | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 gates | det |
| 28 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 conducted | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 palace | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Sultan | det |
| 31 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 palace | nmod:poss |
| 32 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 31 Sultan | case |
| 33 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 gates | nmod |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 returned | punct |
| 35 | after | after | ADP | _ | 36 which | case |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 returned | obl |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 returned | nsubj |
| 38 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 arrived | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 way | det |
| 40 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 way | amod |
| 41 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 returned | obj |
| 42 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 came | nsubj |
| 43 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 way | acl:relcl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 frightening | punct |
| 45 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 48 frightening | mark |
| 46 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 frightening | advmod |
| 47 | without | without | ADP | _ | 48 frightening | case |
| 48 | frightening | frightening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 returned | conj |
| 49 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 51 saw | det:predet |
| 50 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 51 saw | nsubj |
| 51 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 frightening | conj |
| 52 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 saw | obj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 went | punct |
| 54 | for | for | ADP | _ | 55 all | case |
| 55 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 57 went | obl |
| 56 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 57 went | nsubj |
| 57 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 saw | parataxis |
| 58 | in | in | ADP | _ | 62 manner | case |
| 59 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 62 manner | det |
| 60 | very | very | ADV | _ | 61 gentle | advmod |
| 61 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 manner | amod |
| 62 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 went | obl |
| 63 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 showed | cc |
| 64 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 57 went | conj |
| 65 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 66 fierceness | det |
| 66 | fierceness | fierceness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 showed | obj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 arrived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | guard | participle | Prince not said here | this manner | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | arrive | past | Prince | the capital of the Indies | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not leave | past | the lions | Prince | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | conduct | past · perfect | Lions = lion | Prince | the gates of the Sultan's palace | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to gate=Destination | |||
| 5 | return | past | Lions = lion | the same way | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme | ||||
| 6 | come | past | Lions = lion | the same way not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme | ||||
| 7 | see | past | that | Lions = lion | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | go | past | Lions = lion | a gentle manner | for all | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for all=Theme in manner=Location | |||
| 9 | show | past | Lions = lion not said here | no fierceness | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fierceness=Recipient |
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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