The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 1, sentence 11

Then the Queen in dismay cried that there must be some malignant influence at work, and that she would choose no more that day; and she had just risen to return to the palace when she heard peals of malicious laughter behind her, and turning round saw the ugly stranger whom she had dismissed, who was making very merry over the disasters and mocking everyone, but especially the Queen.

Who acts: Queen, turning, ugly stranger, malicious laughter · What happens: cry, be, choose, rise, return, hear · To what, where: malignant influence, work, more, peals, ugly stranger, everyone · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Princess Mayblossom, 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 (Queen, turning, ugly stranger, malicious laughter), 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	6 cried	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 cried	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 dismay	case
5	dismay	dismay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 Queen	nmod
6	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 influence	mark
8	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 be	expl
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 be	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 influence	cop
11	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	13 influence	det
12	malignant	malignant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 influence	amod
13	influence	influence	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cried	ccomp
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 work	case
15	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 influence	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 choose	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 choose	cc
18	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 choose	mark
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 choose	nsubj
20	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 choose	aux
21	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 cried	conj
22	no	no	ADV	_	23 more	advmod
23	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	21 choose	obj
24	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 day	det
25	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 more	obl:unmarked
26	;	;	PUNCT	_	31 risen	punct
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 risen	cc
28	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 risen	nsubj
29	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 risen	aux
30	just	just	ADV	_	31 risen	advmod
31	risen	rise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 cried	conj
32	to	to	PART	_	33 return	mark
33	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 risen	xcomp
34	to	to	ADP	_	36 palace	case
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 palace	det
36	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 return	obl
37	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	39 heard	advmod
38	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 heard	nsubj
39	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 return	advcl
40	peals	peal	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 heard	obj
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 laughter	case
42	malicious	malicious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 laughter	amod
43	laughter	laughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 peals	nmod
44	behind	behind	ADP	_	45 her	case
45	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 laughter	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 saw	punct
47	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 saw	cc
48	turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	50 saw	csubj
49	round	round	ADV	_	48 turning	advmod
50	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cried	conj
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 stranger	det
52	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 stranger	amod
53	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 saw	obj
54	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	57 dismissed	obj
55	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	57 dismissed	nsubj
56	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 dismissed	aux
57	dismissed	dismiss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	53 stranger	acl:relcl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	61 making	punct
59	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	61 making	nsubj
60	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 making	aux
61	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	53 stranger	conj
62	very	very	ADV	_	63 merry	advmod
63	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	61 making	xcomp
64	over	over	ADP	_	66 disasters	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 disasters	det
66	disasters	disaster	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 merry	obl
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 mocking	cc
68	mocking	mock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	61 making	conj
69	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	68 mocking	obj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 Queen	punct
71	but	but	CCONJ	_	74 Queen	cc
72	especially	especially	ADV	_	74 Queen	advmod
73	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	74 Queen	det
74	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 saw	obl
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	the Queen in dismay			then		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	infinitive		some malignant influence	work			tree rules
3	choose	would	Queen	more				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme
4	rise	past · perfect	Queen					tree rules
5	return	to-infinitive	Queen not said here				to the palace result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result
6	hear	past	Queen	peals of malicious laughter behind nurse				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer peal=Stimulus
7	turn round	gerund					round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
8	see	past	turning	the ugly stranger			the Queen obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus
9	dismiss	past · perfect	Queen	the ugly stranger				vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme
10	make	past · progressive	the ugly stranger				merry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
11	mock	gerund	the ugly stranger not said here	everyone				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme
12	peal		malicious laughter behind nurse					nom peal «event intransitive»: of=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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