The Red Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 2, sentence 55
The Princess lost no time in offering it the carbuncle box, which it grasped in its talons, and instantly disappeared, leaving in its place the most beautiful Prince she had ever seen, who was splendidly dressed, and wore a diamond crown.
Who acts: Princess, time, carbuncle box · What happens: lose, offer, grasp, disappear, leave, see · To what, where: Eagle, talons, place, diamond crown
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Golden Branch, 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, time, carbuncle box), 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 Princess | det |
| 2 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| 6 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 7 offering | mark |
| 7 | offering | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 time | acl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 offering | obj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 box | det |
| 10 | carbuncle | carbuncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 box | compound |
| 11 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 offering | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 grasped | punct |
| 13 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 grasped | nsubj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 grasped | nsubj |
| 15 | grasped | grasp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 box | acl:relcl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 talons | case |
| 17 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 talons | nmod:poss |
| 18 | talons | talon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 grasped | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 disappeared | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 disappeared | cc |
| 21 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 22 disappeared | advmod |
| 22 | disappeared | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 leaving | punct |
| 24 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 22 disappeared | advcl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 place | case |
| 26 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 place | nmod:poss |
| 27 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 leaving | obl |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Prince | det |
| 29 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 30 beautiful | advmod |
| 30 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 Prince | amod |
| 31 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 place | appos |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 seen | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 seen | aux |
| 34 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 35 seen | advmod |
| 35 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 leaving | advcl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 dressed | punct |
| 37 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 dressed | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 dressed | aux:pass |
| 39 | splendidly | splendidly | ADV | _ | 40 dressed | advmod |
| 40 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 seen | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 wore | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 wore | cc |
| 43 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | parataxis |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 crown | det |
| 45 | diamond | diamond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 crown | amod |
| 46 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 wore | obj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lost | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | the Princess | time | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | offer | gerund | no time not said here | Eagle | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent it=Goal box=Theme | ||||
| 3 | grasp | past | the carbuncle box | Eagle's talons | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | disappear | past | the Princess not said here | instantly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | leave | gerund | the Princess not said here | in Eagle's place result | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Result | ||||
| 6 | see | past · perfect | Princess | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | dress | past · passive | splendidly property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 8 | wear | past | a diamond crown | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent crown=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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