The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 81

“Indeed it was, Princess,” he answered; “the wicked Fairy of the Desert, not content with chaining me to a rock, carried me off in her chariot to the other end of the earth, where I should even now be a captive but for the unexpected help of a friendly mermaid, who brought me here to rescue you, my Princess, from the unworthy hands that hold you.

Who acts: loveliest, Bellissima, friendly mermaid, unworthy hands · What happens: be, answer, chain, carry off, bring, rescue · To what, where: Princess, Bellissima, chariot, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Blue Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (loveliest, Bellissima, friendly mermaid, unworthy hands), 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	_	6 Princess	punct
2	Indeed	indeed	ADV	_	6 Princess	advmod
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Princess	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Princess	cop
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Princess	punct
6	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Princess	punct
8	”	"	PUNCT	_	6 Princess	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 answered	nsubj
10	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 Princess	acl:relcl
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 Fairy	punct
12	“	"	PUNCT	_	15 Fairy	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Fairy	det
14	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Fairy	amod
15	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Princess	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 Desert	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 Desert	det
18	Desert	Desert	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 Fairy	nmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 content	punct
20	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 content	advmod
21	content	content	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 Fairy	parataxis
22	with	with	SCONJ	_	23 chaining	mark
23	chaining	chain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	21 content	advcl
24	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	23 chaining	obj
25	to	to	ADP	_	27 rock	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 rock	det
27	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 chaining	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 carried	punct
29	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 content	conj
30	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	29 carried	obj
31	off	off	ADP	_	29 carried	compound:prt
32	in	in	ADP	_	34 chariot	case
33	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 chariot	nmod:poss
34	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 carried	obl
35	to	to	ADP	_	38 end	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 end	det
37	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 end	amod
38	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 carried	obl
39	of	of	ADP	_	41 earth	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 earth	det
41	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 end	nmod
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 help	punct
43	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	55 help	advmod
44	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	55 help	nsubj
45	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 help	aux
46	even	even	ADV	_	55 help	advmod
47	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	55 help	advmod
48	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	55 help	cop
49	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	55 help	det
50	captive	captive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 help	amod
51	but	but	CCONJ	_	55 help	cc
52	for	for	ADP	_	55 help	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 help	det
54	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 help	amod
55	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 end	conj
56	of	of	ADP	_	59 mermaid	case
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	59 mermaid	det
58	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 mermaid	amod
59	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 help	nmod
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	62 brought	punct
61	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	62 brought	nsubj
62	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 mermaid	acl:relcl
63	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	62 brought	obj
64	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	62 brought	advmod
65	to	to	PART	_	66 rescue	mark
66	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	62 brought	advcl
67	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	66 rescue	obj
68	,	,	PUNCT	_	70 Princess	punct
69	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	70 Princess	nmod:poss
70	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 help	conj
71	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 hands	punct
72	from	from	ADP	_	75 hands	case
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 hands	det
74	unworthy	unworthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 hands	amod
75	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 help	conj
76	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	77 hold	nsubj
77	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	75 hands	acl:relcl
78	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	77 hold	obj
79	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 Princess	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	past	loveliest = lovely	Princess and the wicked Fairy of the Desert				indeed property	tree rules
2	answer speech: assert	past	Bellissima	Princess and the wicked Fairy of the Desert not said here					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality
3	chain in a quote	gerund	loveliest = lovely not said here	Bellissima				to a rock	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent i=Patient to rock=Co-Patient
4	carry off in a quote	past	loveliest = lovely not said here	Bellissima		Fairy's chariot	to the other end of the earth but a captive unexpected help and my Princess and the unworthy hands		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent i=Theme to end=Destination
5	is in a quote	should	Bellissima				now	for a captive unexpected help and my Princess and the unworthy hands; of a friendly mermaid	tree rules
6	bring in a quote	past	a friendly mermaid		Bellissima	here			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument i=Destination
7	rescue in a quote	to-infinitive	a friendly mermaid not said here	you					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
8	hold in a quote	present	the unworthy hands	you					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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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