The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1, sentence 53
Then she put on a gorgeous robe of lilac satin lined with blue, and a yellow petticoat trimmed with violet ribbons, and because she had heard that queens always rode into their new dominions, she ordered a horse to be made ready for her to ride.
Who acts: Grumbly, yellow petticoat, queens · What happens: put, line, trim, hear, ride, order · To what, where: gorgeous robe, lilac satin, new dominions, horse · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Grumbly, yellow petticoat, queens), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 put | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 put | nsubj |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 robe | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 robe | det |
| 6 | gorgeous | gorgeous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 robe | amod |
| 7 | robe | robe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 satin | case |
| 9 | lilac | lilac | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 satin | amod |
| 10 | satin | satin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 robe | nmod |
| 11 | lined | line | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 satin | acl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 blue | case |
| 13 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lined | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 trimmed | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 trimmed | cc |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 petticoat | det |
| 17 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 petticoat | amod |
| 18 | petticoat | petticoat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 trimmed | nsubj |
| 19 | trimmed | trim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 put | conj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 ribbons | case |
| 21 | violet | violet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 ribbons | amod |
| 22 | ribbons | ribbon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 trimmed | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 heard | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 heard | cc |
| 25 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 28 heard | mark |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 heard | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 heard | aux |
| 28 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 put | conj |
| 29 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 32 rode | mark |
| 30 | queens | queen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 rode | nsubj |
| 31 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 32 rode | advmod |
| 32 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 heard | ccomp |
| 33 | into | into | ADP | _ | 36 dominions | case |
| 34 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 dominions | nmod:poss |
| 35 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 dominions | amod |
| 36 | dominions | dominion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 rode | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 ordered | punct |
| 38 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 ordered | nsubj |
| 39 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 put | parataxis |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 horse | det |
| 41 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 ordered | obj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 made | mark |
| 43 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 made | aux:pass |
| 44 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 ordered | ccomp |
| 45 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 made | xcomp |
| 46 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 49 ride | mark |
| 47 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 ride | nsubj |
| 48 | to | to | PART | _ | 49 ride | mark |
| 49 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 ready | xcomp |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | Grumbly | a gorgeous robe of lilac satin | then | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on robe=Destination | |||
| 2 | line | participle | lilac satin not said here | with blue | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with blue=Theme | ||||
| 3 | trim | participle | a yellow petticoat | with violet ribbons | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with ribbon=Theme | ||||
| 4 | hear | past · perfect | Grumbly | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | ride | past | queens | ribbons's new dominions | always property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into dominion=Trajectory | |||
| 6 | order | past | Grumbly | a horse | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent horse=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | make not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | Grumbly not said here | ready property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | ||||
| 8 | ride | to-infinitive | Grumbly | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
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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