The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 1, sentence 65

‘Ah, Princess!’ said he, ‘I have never before dared to present myself to you, but now the King’s marriage threatens you with so many dangers that I have resolved to tell you at once how much I love you already, and I trust that in time I may win your regard.

Who acts: Princess, I, marriage, King, your · What happens: say, dare, present, threaten, resolve, tell · To what, where: myself, you, many dangers, much, that, regard · 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 (Princess, I, marriage, King), 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	_	7 said	punct
2	Ah	ah	INTJ	_	7 said	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Princess	punct
4	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 Princess	punct
6	’	'	PUNCT	_	4 Princess	punct
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
10	‘	'	PUNCT	_	15 dared	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 dared	nsubj
12	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 dared	aux
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 before	advmod
14	before	before	ADV	_	15 dared	advmod
15	dared	dare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 said	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 present	mark
17	present	present	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 dared	xcomp
18	myself	myself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	17 present	obj
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 you	case
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 present	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 threatens	punct
22	but	but	CCONJ	_	28 threatens	cc
23	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	28 threatens	advmod
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 King	det
25	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 marriage	nmod:poss
26	’s	's	PART	_	25 King	case
27	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 threatens	nsubj
28	threatens	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	conj
29	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	28 threatens	obj
30	with	with	ADP	_	33 dangers	case
31	so	so	ADV	_	32 many	advmod
32	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 dangers	amod
33	dangers	danger	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 threatens	obl
34	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	37 resolved	nsubj:pass
35	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	37 resolved	nsubj
36	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	37 resolved	aux
37	resolved	resolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	33 dangers	acl:relcl
38	to	to	PART	_	39 tell	mark
39	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	37 resolved	xcomp
40	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	39 tell	iobj
41	at	at	ADP	_	44 much	case
42	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	44 much	advmod
43	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	44 much	advmod
44	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 love	obl
45	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	46 love	nsubj
46	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	39 tell	ccomp
47	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	46 love	obj
48	already	already	ADV	_	46 love	advmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 trust	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 trust	cc
51	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	52 trust	nsubj
52	trust	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	46 love	parataxis
53	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	52 trust	obj
54	in	in	ADP	_	55 time	case
55	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 win	obl
56	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	58 win	nsubj
57	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	58 win	aux
58	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 trust	parataxis
59	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 regard	nmod:poss
60	regard	regard	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 win	obj
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Princess						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	dare	present · perfect	I					before property	vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	present	to-infinitive	I not said here	myself	you				vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent myself=Theme to you=Recipient
4	threaten	present	the King's marriage	you			now	with many dangers	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer
5	resolve	present · perfect · passive		many dangers					tree rules
6	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			you				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
7	love	present	I	you		much			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
8	trust	present	I	that					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme
9	win	may	I	your regard			time		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regard=Eventuality
10	marry		the King						nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent
11	regard		your						nom regard «cognition transitive»: poss=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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