The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 2, sentence 18
“I should be sorry,” answered Bellissima, “if you had not noticed how much I pitied these princes who were leaving me for ever; but for you, sire, it is very different: you have every reason to be pleased with me, but they are going sorrowfully away, so you must not grudge them my compassion.”
Who acts: sorry, Bellissima, princes, trouble · What happens: be, answer, not notice, pity, leave, have · To what, where: Bellissima, much, princes, sorry, reason · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, 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 (sorry, Bellissima, princes, trouble), 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 | _ | 5 sorry | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 sorry | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 sorry | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sorry | cop |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 answered | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sorry | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 sorry | punct |
| 8 | answered | answer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Bellissima | Bellissima | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 answered | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 noticed | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 noticed | punct |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 16 noticed | mark |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 noticed | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 noticed | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 noticed | advmod |
| 16 | noticed | notice | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 Bellissima | acl:relcl |
| 17 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 much | advmod |
| 18 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 noticed | obj |
| 19 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 pitied | nsubj |
| 20 | pitied | pity | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 noticed | ccomp |
| 21 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 22 princes | det |
| 22 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 pitied | obj |
| 23 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 leaving | nsubj |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 leaving | aux |
| 25 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 princes | acl:relcl |
| 26 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 leaving | obj |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 ever | case |
| 28 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 25 leaving | obl |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 you | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 you | cc |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 32 you | case |
| 32 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 answered | parataxis |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 sire | punct |
| 34 | sire | sire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 you | appos |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 different | punct |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 different | nsubj |
| 37 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 different | cop |
| 38 | very | very | ADV | _ | 39 different | advmod |
| 39 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 sire | parataxis |
| 40 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 42 have | punct |
| 41 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 42 have | nsubj |
| 42 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 different | parataxis |
| 43 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 44 reason | det |
| 44 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 have | obj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 47 pleased | mark |
| 46 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 47 pleased | cop |
| 47 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 reason | acl |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 49 me | case |
| 49 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 pleased | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 going | punct |
| 51 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 54 going | cc |
| 52 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 going | nsubj |
| 53 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 going | aux |
| 54 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 42 have | conj |
| 55 | sorrowfully | sorrowfully | ADV | _ | 56 away | advmod |
| 56 | away | away | ADV | _ | 54 going | advmod |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 grudge | punct |
| 58 | so | so | ADV | _ | 62 grudge | advmod |
| 59 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 62 grudge | nsubj |
| 60 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 grudge | aux |
| 61 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 62 grudge | advmod |
| 62 | grudge | grudge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 have | parataxis |
| 63 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 grudge | obj |
| 64 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 65 compassion | nmod:poss |
| 65 | compassion | compassion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 grudge | obj |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 34 sire | punct |
| 67 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 you | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | should | sorry | sorry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | answer speech: assert | past | sorry | Bellissima | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not notice a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | past · perfect | Bellissima | much | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | pity in a quote | past | sorry | this princes | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prince=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | leave in a quote | past · progressive | this princes | sorry | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Theme for ever=Recipient | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | present | trouble | different property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | have in a quote | present | Bellissima | every reason | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | ||||
| 8 | is in a quote | to-infinitive | Bellissima not said here | every reason not said here | with sorry; pleased property | tree rules | |||
| 9 | go in a quote | present · progressive | princes = prince | away property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 10 | not grudge in a quote | must | Bellissima | princes = prince | 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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