The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 2, sentence 32
When the Princess grew sleepy, twenty-four charming maidens put her to bed in the prettiest room she had ever seen, and then sang to her so sweetly that Graciosa’s dreams were all of mermaids, and cool sea waves, and caverns, in which she wandered with Percinet; but when she woke up again her first thought was that, delightful as this fairy palace seemed to her, yet she could not stay in it, but must go back to her father.
Who acts: Princess, four charming maidens, fairy palace, Graciosa, Percinet · What happens: grow, put, see, sing, wander, wake up · To what, where: Princess, prettiest room, cool sea waves, first thought, that, Percinet
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Graciosa and Percinet, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princess, four charming maidens, fairy palace, Graciosa), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 grew | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Princess | det |
| 3 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 grew | nsubj |
| 4 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 put | advcl |
| 5 | sleepy | sleepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 grew | xcomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 grew | punct |
| 7 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 four | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 twenty | punct |
| 9 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 maidens | nummod |
| 10 | charming | charming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 maidens | compound |
| 11 | maidens | maiden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 put | nsubj |
| 12 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 put | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 bed | case |
| 15 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 put | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 room | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 room | det |
| 18 | prettiest | pretty | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 room | amod |
| 19 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 put | obl |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 seen | nsubj |
| 21 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 seen | aux |
| 22 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 23 seen | advmod |
| 23 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 room | acl:relcl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 sang | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 sang | cc |
| 26 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 27 sang | advmod |
| 27 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 put | conj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 her | case |
| 29 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 sang | obl |
| 30 | so | so | ADV | _ | 31 sweetly | advmod |
| 31 | sweetly | sweetly | ADV | _ | 27 sang | advmod |
| 32 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 37 all | mark |
| 33 | Graciosa | Graciosa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 dreams | nmod:poss |
| 34 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 33 Graciosa | case |
| 35 | dreams | dream | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 all | nsubj |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 all | cop |
| 37 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 sweetly | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 mermaids | case |
| 39 | mermaids | mermaid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 all | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 waves | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 waves | cc |
| 42 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 waves | amod |
| 43 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 waves | compound |
| 44 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 sang | parataxis |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 caverns | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 caverns | cc |
| 47 | caverns | cavern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 waves | conj |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 wandered | punct |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 which | case |
| 50 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 52 wandered | obl |
| 51 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 wandered | nsubj |
| 52 | wandered | wander | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 waves | parataxis |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 54 Percinet | case |
| 54 | Percinet | Percinet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 wandered | obl |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 59 woke | punct |
| 56 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 59 woke | cc |
| 57 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 59 woke | advmod |
| 58 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 woke | nsubj |
| 59 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 put | parataxis |
| 60 | up | up | ADP | _ | 59 woke | compound:prt |
| 61 | again | again | ADV | _ | 59 woke | advmod |
| 62 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 thought | nmod:poss |
| 63 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 64 thought | amod |
| 64 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | 59 woke | obl |
| 65 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 that | cop |
| 66 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 64 thought | nmod |
| 67 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 delightful | punct |
| 68 | delightful | delightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 thought | conj |
| 69 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 73 seemed | mark |
| 70 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 72 palace | det |
| 71 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 72 palace | amod |
| 72 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 seemed | nsubj |
| 73 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 68 delightful | advcl |
| 74 | to | to | ADP | _ | 75 her | case |
| 75 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 73 seemed | obl |
| 76 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 stay | punct |
| 77 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 81 stay | cc |
| 78 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 81 stay | nsubj |
| 79 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 81 stay | aux |
| 80 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 81 stay | advmod |
| 81 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 59 woke | conj |
| 82 | in | in | ADP | _ | 83 it | case |
| 83 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 81 stay | obl |
| 84 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 87 go | punct |
| 85 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 87 go | cc |
| 86 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 87 go | aux |
| 87 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 81 stay | conj |
| 88 | back | back | ADV | _ | 87 go | advmod |
| 89 | to | to | ADP | _ | 91 father | case |
| 90 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 91 father | nmod:poss |
| 91 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 88 back | obl |
| 92 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | the Princess | sleepy property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | put | past | four charming maidens | Princess | the prettiest room | to bed | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in room=Destination | ||
| 3 | see | past · perfect | Princess | the prettiest room not said here | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer room=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | sing speech: express | past | four charming maidens not said here | Princess | then | sweetly property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to she=Recipient | ||
| 5 | wander | past | Princess | cool sea waves and caverns | with Percinet | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Trajectory | |||
| 6 | wake up | past | Princess | Percinet's first thought | again | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 7 | is a | past | that | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | seem | past | this fairy palace | Percinet | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 9 | not stay | could | Princess | thought | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in it=Location | ||||
| 10 | go back | must | Princess not said here | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 11 | dream | Graciosa | nom dream «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | think | Percinet | nom thought «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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