The Red Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 2, sentence 62
In this miserable plight Graciosa did indeed regret the fairy palace, and she would have called Percinet to her aid, only she felt sure he was still vexed with her for leaving him, and thought that she could not expect him to come.
Who acts: Graciosa, palace · What happens: regret, call, feel, vex, leave, think · To what, where: fairy palace, miserable plight, Graciosa, aid, palace · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Graciosa, palace), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 plight | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 plight | det |
| 3 | miserable | miserable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 plight | amod |
| 4 | plight | plight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 regret | obl |
| 5 | Graciosa | Graciosa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 plight | appos |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 regret | aux |
| 7 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 8 regret | advmod |
| 8 | regret | regret | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 palace | det |
| 10 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 palace | amod |
| 11 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 regret | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 called | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 called | cc |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 called | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 called | aux |
| 16 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 called | aux |
| 17 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 regret | conj |
| 18 | Percinet | Percinet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 called | xcomp |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 aid | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 aid | nmod:poss |
| 21 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 called | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 felt | punct |
| 23 | only | only | ADV | _ | 25 felt | advmod |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 felt | nsubj |
| 25 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 regret | parataxis |
| 26 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 felt | xcomp |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 vexed | nsubj |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 vexed | aux:pass |
| 29 | still | still | ADV | _ | 30 vexed | advmod |
| 30 | vexed | vex | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 sure | ccomp |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 her | case |
| 32 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 vexed | obl |
| 33 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 34 leaving | mark |
| 34 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 vexed | advcl |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 leaving | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 thought | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 thought | cc |
| 38 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 felt | conj |
| 39 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 43 expect | mark |
| 40 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 expect | nsubj |
| 41 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 expect | aux |
| 42 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 43 expect | advmod |
| 43 | expect | expect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 thought | ccomp |
| 44 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 expect | obj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 come | mark |
| 46 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 expect | xcomp |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 regret | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | regret | past · do-support | the fairy palace | this miserable plight | indeed property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | call | would · perfect · passive | Graciosa | Graciosa's aid | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to aid=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | feel | past | Graciosa | sure property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | vex | past · passive | palace | still | with Graciosa | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||
| 5 | leave | gerund | palace | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 6 | think speech: other | past | Graciosa not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | not expect | could | Graciosa | palace | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | come not said to happen | to-infinitive | palace not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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