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The Red Fairy Book, The Princess Mayblossom, part 1, sentence 8

The Queen, without giving her another thought, chose a pretty rosy-faced nurse, but no sooner was her choice made than a snake, which was hidden in the grass, bit that very nurse on her foot, so that she fell down as if dead.

Who acts: Queen, choice, grass · What happens: give, choose, be, make, hide, fall down · To what, where: thought, pretty faced nurse, choice, snake, grass

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, choice, grass), 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

detnsubjpunctmarkaclnmod:possdetobjpunctdetamodamodpunctamodobjpunctccdetadvmodcopnmod:possnsubjconjcasedetoblpunctnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclcasedetoblpunctconjnsubjadvmodnsubjcasenmod:possnmodpunctmarkfixednsubjacl:relcladvmodcasemarkoblpunctrootTheDETQueenPROPN,PUNCTwithoutSCONJgivingVERBherPRONanotherDETthoughtNOUN,PUNCTchoseVERBaDETprettyADJrosyADJ-PUNCTfacedADJnurseNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJnoDETsoonerADVwasAUXherPRONchoiceNOUNmadeVERBthanADPaDETsnakeNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONwasAUXhiddenVERBinADPtheDETgrassNOUN,PUNCTbitNOUNthatPRONveryADVnurseNOUNonADPherPRONfootNOUN,PUNCTsoSCONJthatSCONJshePRONfellVERBdownADVasADPifSCONJdeadADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Queendet
2QueenQueenPROPNNumber=Sing10 chosensubj
3,,PUNCT_5 givingpunct
4withoutwithoutSCONJ_5 givingmark
5givinggiveVERBVerbForm=Ger2 Queenacl
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 thoughtnmod:poss
7anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind8 thoughtdet
8thoughtthoughtNOUNNumber=Sing5 givingobj
9,,PUNCT_2 Queenpunct
10chosechooseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 nursedet
12prettyprettyADJDegree=Pos16 nurseamod
13rosyrosyADJDegree=Pos15 facedamod
14--PUNCT_13 rosypunct
15facedfacedADJDegree=Pos16 nurseamod
16nursenurseNOUNNumber=Sing10 choseobj
17,,PUNCT_24 madepunct
18butbutCCONJ_24 madecc
19nonoDETPronType=Neg20 soonerdet
20soonersoonADVDegree=Cmp23 choiceadvmod
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin23 choicecop
22herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 choicenmod:poss
23choicechoiceNOUNNumber=Sing24 madensubj
24mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 choseconj
25thanthanADP_27 snakecase
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art27 snakedet
27snakesnakeNOUNNumber=Sing24 madeobl
28,,PUNCT_31 hiddenpunct
29whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel31 hiddennsubj:pass
30wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 hiddenaux:pass
31hiddenhideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass27 snakeacl:relcl
32ininADP_34 grasscase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 grassdet
34grassgrassNOUNNumber=Sing31 hiddenobl
35,,PUNCT_36 bitpunct
36bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing34 grassconj
37thatthatPRONPronType=Rel47 fellnsubj
38veryveryADV_39 nurseadvmod
39nursenurseNOUNNumber=Sing47 fellnsubj
40ononADP_42 footcase
41herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 footnmod:poss
42footfootNOUNNumber=Sing39 nursenmod
43,,PUNCT_47 fellpunct
44sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ47 fellmark
45thatthatSCONJ_44 sofixed
46sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 fellnsubj
47fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 grassacl:relcl
48downdownADV_47 felladvmod
49asasADP_51 deadcase
50ififSCONJ_51 deadmark
51deaddeadADJDegree=Pos47 fellobl
52..PUNCT_10 chosepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givegerundthe Queen not said hereQueen's thoughtvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thought=Theme
2choosepastthe Queena pretty faced nursevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nurse=Theme
3is apastQueen's choicesoon propertytree rules
4makepastQueen's choicethan a snakevn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5hidepast · passivea snakethe grass and bitvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in grass=Location
6fall downpastthe grass and bitas dead; down propertyvn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7thinkQueennom 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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