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The Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, sentence 6

He had heard that somewhere in the world there were girls whose necks were white and whose hands were small, who were always dressed in the finest silks and laces, and were called princesses, and while his companions round the fire saw nothing in the flames but common everyday fancies, he dreamed that he had the happiness to marry a princess.

Who acts: boy, girls, necks, hands, companions · What happens: hear, be, dress, call, see, dream · To what, where: world, finest silks, princesses, nothing, flames, happiness · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Twelve Dancing Princesses. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (boy, girls, necks, 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

nsubjauxmarkadvclcasedetoblexplparataxisnsubjnmod:possnsubjcopacl:relclccnmod:possnsubjcopconjpunctnsubj:passaux:passadvmodconjcasedetamodoblccconjpunctccaux:passparataxisxcomppunctccmarknmod:possnsubjcasedetnmodconjobjcasedetoblccamodamodconjpunctnsubjconjmarknsubjccompdetobjmarkacldetobjpunctrootHePRONhadAUXheardVERBthatSCONJsomewhereADVinADPtheDETworldNOUNtherePRONwereVERBgirlsNOUNwhosePRONnecksNOUNwereAUXwhiteADJandCCONJwhosePRONhandsNOUNwereAUXsmallADJ,PUNCTwhoPRONwereAUXalwaysADVdressedVERBinADPtheDETfinestADJsilksNOUNandCCONJlacesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwereAUXcalledVERBprincessesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhileSCONJhisPRONcompanionsNOUNroundADPtheDETfireNOUNsawVERBnothingPRONinADPtheDETflamesNOUNbutCCONJcommonADJeverydayADJfanciesNOUN,PUNCThePRONdreamedVERBthatSCONJhePRONhadVERBtheDEThappinessNOUNtoPARTmarryVERBaDETprincessNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 heardnsubj
2hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 heardaux
3heardhearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
4thatthatSCONJ_5 somewheremark
5somewheresomewhereADVPronType=Ind3 heardadvcl
6ininADP_8 worldcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 worlddet
8worldworldNOUNNumber=Sing3 heardobl
9theretherePRONPronType=Dem10 wereexpl
10werebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 heardparataxis
11girlsgirlNOUNNumber=Plur10 werensubj
12whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel13 necksnmod:poss
13necksneckNOUNNumber=Plur15 whitensubj
14werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 whitecop
15whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos11 girlsacl:relcl
16andandCCONJ_20 smallcc
17whosewhosePRONPoss=Yes PronType=Rel18 handsnmod:poss
18handshandNOUNNumber=Plur20 smallnsubj
19werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin20 smallcop
20smallsmallADJDegree=Pos15 whiteconj
21,,PUNCT_25 dressedpunct
22whowhoPRONPronType=Rel25 dressednsubj:pass
23werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 dressedaux:pass
24alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot25 dressedadvmod
25dresseddressVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 smallconj
26ininADP_29 silkscase
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 silksdet
28finestfineADJDegree=Sup29 silksamod
29silkssilkNOUNNumber=Plur25 dressedobl
30andandCCONJ_31 lacescc
31laceslaceNOUNNumber=Plur29 silksconj
32,,PUNCT_35 calledpunct
33andandCCONJ_35 calledcc
34werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 calledaux:pass
35calledcallVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 heardparataxis
36princessesprincessNOUNNumber=Plur35 calledxcomp
37,,PUNCT_45 sawpunct
38andandCCONJ_45 sawcc
39whilewhileSCONJ_41 companionsmark
40hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 companionsnmod:poss
41companionscompanionNOUNNumber=Plur45 sawnsubj
42roundroundADP_44 firecase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art44 firedet
44firefireNOUNNumber=Sing41 companionsnmod
45sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 heardconj
46nothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg45 sawobj
47ininADP_49 flamescase
48thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 flamesdet
49flamesflameNOUNNumber=Plur45 sawobl
50butbutCCONJ_53 fanciescc
51commoncommonADJDegree=Pos53 fanciesamod
52everydayeverydayADJDegree=Pos53 fanciesamod
53fanciesfancyNOUNNumber=Plur49 flamesconj
54,,PUNCT_56 dreamedpunct
55hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs56 dreamednsubj
56dreameddreamVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 heardconj
57thatthatSCONJ_59 hadmark
58hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs59 hadnsubj
59hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin56 dreamedccomp
60thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 happinessdet
61happinesshappinessNOUNNumber=Sing59 hadobj
62totoPART_63 marrymark
63marrymarryVERBVerbForm=Inf61 happinessacl
64aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art65 princessdet
65princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing63 marryobj
66..PUNCT_3 heardpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1hearpast · perfectboythe worldvn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2bepastgirlstherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3ispastneckswhite propertytree rules
4ispasthandssmall propertytree rules
5dresspast · passivethe finest silks and lacesalways propertyvn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
6callpast · passiveprincessesvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»
7seepastboy's companions round the firenothingthe flames but common everyday fanciesvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus
8dreampastboyvn cognize-85 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
9havepastboythe happinessvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Patient
10marryto-infinitiveboy not said herea princessvn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient

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 Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 540 (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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