The Blue Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 3, sentence 9
The King, who had his own reasons for wishing to keep the old Fairy in a good humor, did not spare pretty speeches, and after a time he was allowed to walk by himself upon the sea-shore.
Who acts: King, own reasons · What happens: have, wish, keep, not spare, allow, walk · To what, where: own reasons, old Fairy, good humor, pretty speeches, King
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 (King, own reasons), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 reasons | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 reasons | amod |
| 8 | reasons | reason | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 had | obj |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 wishing | mark |
| 10 | wishing | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 reasons | acl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 keep | mark |
| 12 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 wishing | xcomp |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Fairy | det |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 Fairy | amod |
| 15 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 keep | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 humor | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 humor | det |
| 18 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 humor | amod |
| 19 | humor | humor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 keep | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 spare | punct |
| 21 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 spare | aux |
| 22 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 23 spare | advmod |
| 23 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 had | conj |
| 24 | pretty | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 speeches | amod |
| 25 | speeches | speech | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 spare | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 allowed | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 allowed | cc |
| 28 | after | after | ADP | _ | 30 time | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 time | det |
| 30 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 allowed | obl |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 allowed | aux:pass |
| 33 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 had | conj |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 walk | mark |
| 35 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 33 allowed | xcomp |
| 36 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 himself | case |
| 37 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 35 walk | obl |
| 38 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 42 shore | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 shore | det |
| 40 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 shore | compound |
| 41 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 40 sea | punct |
| 42 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 walk | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the King | King's own reasons | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient | ||||
| 2 | wish | gerund | King's own reasons not said here | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | King's own reasons not said here | the old Fairy | a good humor | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme in humor=Location | |||
| 4 | not spare | past · do-support | the King not said here | pretty speeches | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent speech=Asset | ||||
| 5 | allow | past · passive | King | time | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 6 | walk not said to happen | to-infinitive | King not said here | by King; upon the sea shore | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by himself=Trajectory |
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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