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The Red Fairy Book, The Little Good Mouse, sentence 26

The poor Queen held her little daughter safe in her arms and shrieked for mercy, but the wicked King only mocked her, and begged her to go on shrieking, as it amused him, and so mounted his great black horse, and rode back to his own country.

Who acts: poor Queen, wicked King, mercy · What happens: hold, shriek, mock, beg, go, amuse · To what, where: little daughter, Queen, head, great black horse, own country

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Little Good Mouse. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (poor Queen, wicked King, mercy), 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

detamodnsubjnmod:possamodobjxcompcasenmod:possoblccconjcaseoblpunctccdetamodnsubjadvmodparataxisobjpunctccconjobjmarkxcompmarkadvclpunctmarknsubjconjobjpunctccadvmodconjnmod:possamodamodobjpunctccconjadvmodcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootTheDETpoorADJQueenPROPNheldVERBherPRONlittleADJdaughterNOUNsafeADJinADPherPRONarmsNOUNandCCONJshriekedVERBforADPmercyNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJtheDETwickedADJKingPROPNonlyADVmockedVERBherPRON,PUNCTandCCONJbeggedVERBherPRONtoPARTgoVERBonSCONJshriekingVERB,PUNCTasSCONJitPRONamusedVERBhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJsoADVmountedVERBhisPRONgreatADJblackADJhorseNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJrodeVERBbackADVtoADPhisPRONownADJcountryNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Queendet
2poorpoorADJDegree=Pos3 Queenamod
3QueenQueenPROPNNumber=Sing4 heldnsubj
4heldholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 daughternmod:poss
6littlelittleADJDegree=Pos7 daughteramod
7daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing4 heldobj
8safesafeADJDegree=Pos4 heldxcomp
9ininADP_11 armscase
10herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 armsnmod:poss
11armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur8 safeobl
12andandCCONJ_13 shriekedcc
13shriekedshriekVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 heldconj
14forforADP_15 mercycase
15mercymercyNOUNNumber=Sing13 shriekedobl
16,,PUNCT_22 mockedpunct
17butbutCCONJ_22 mockedcc
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 Kingdet
19wickedwickedADJDegree=Pos20 Kingamod
20KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing22 mockednsubj
21onlyonlyADV_22 mockedadvmod
22mockedmockVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 heldparataxis
23hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 mockedobj
24,,PUNCT_26 beggedpunct
25andandCCONJ_26 beggedcc
26beggedbegVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 mockedconj
27hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 beggedobj
28totoPART_29 gomark
29gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf26 beggedxcomp
30ononSCONJ_31 shriekingmark
31shriekingshriekVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part29 goadvcl
32,,PUNCT_35 amusedpunct
33asasSCONJ_35 amusedmark
34ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 amusednsubj
35amusedamuseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 beggedconj
36himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs35 amusedobj
37,,PUNCT_40 mountedpunct
38andandCCONJ_40 mountedcc
39sosoADV_40 mountedadvmod
40mountedmountVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin35 amusedconj
41hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 horsenmod:poss
42greatgreatADJDegree=Pos44 horseamod
43blackblackADJDegree=Pos44 horseamod
44horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing40 mountedobj
45,,PUNCT_47 rodepunct
46andandCCONJ_47 rodecc
47roderideVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 mountedconj
48backbackADV_47 rodeadvmod
49totoADP_52 countrycase
50hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs52 countrynmod:poss
51ownownADJDegree=Pos52 countryamod
52countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing47 rodeobl
53..PUNCT_4 heldpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdpastthe poor QueenQueen's little daughtersafe propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme
2shriekpastthe poor Queen not said herefor mercyvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for mercy=Recipient
3mockpastthe wicked KingQueenvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
4beg speech: requestpastthe wicked King not said hereQueenvn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
5go not said to happento-infinitivethe wicked King not said herevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6shriekgerundthe wicked King not said herevn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7amusepastmercyheadvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
8mountpastmercy not said herehead's great black horsevn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient
9ride backpastmercy not said herehead's own countryvn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to country=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 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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