The Red Fairy Book, Kari Woodengown, part 2, sentence 88
The Prince knew her in a moment, and was so glad that he ran and took her in his arms and kissed her, and when he heard that she was a King’s daughter he was gladder still, and then they had the wedding.
Who acts: Prince, Kari, arms · What happens: know, be, run, take, kiss, hear · To what, where: Kari, arms, daughter, wedding · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Kari Woodengown, 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 (Prince, Kari, arms), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | nsubj |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 knew | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 moment | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 moment | det |
| 7 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knew | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 glad | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 glad | cc |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 glad | cop |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 glad | advmod |
| 12 | glad | glad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 knew | parataxis |
| 13 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 ran | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 ran | nsubj |
| 15 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 glad | advcl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 took | cc |
| 17 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 ran | conj |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 took | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 arms | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 arms | nmod:poss |
| 21 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 took | obl |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 kissed | cc |
| 23 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | conj |
| 24 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 kissed | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 heard | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 heard | cc |
| 27 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 29 heard | advmod |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 heard | nsubj |
| 29 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | parataxis |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 36 daughter | mark |
| 31 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 daughter | nsubj |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 daughter | cop |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 King | det |
| 34 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 35 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 34 King | case |
| 36 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 heard | ccomp |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 gladder | nsubj |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 gladder | cop |
| 39 | gladder | glad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 36 daughter | conj |
| 40 | still | still | ADV | _ | 29 heard | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 had | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 had | cc |
| 43 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 45 had | advmod |
| 44 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 45 had | nsubj |
| 45 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 heard | conj |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 wedding | det |
| 47 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 had | obj |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 knew | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | the Prince | Kari | moment | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is | past | glad property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | run | past | Prince | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | take | past | Prince not said here | Kari | Prince's arms | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent she=Value in arm=Location | |||
| 5 | kiss | past | the Prince not said here | Kari | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 6 | hear | past | Prince | still | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | is a | past | Kari | a King's daughter | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | is | past | Prince | glad property | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | have | past | arms = arm | the wedding | then | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Patient |
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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