The Red Fairy Book, The Golden Branch, part 2, sentence 70
Of course, the first thing she did was to look at her own reflection in the water, and she was extremely surprised to find that she was exactly like the shepherdess she had so much admired, and wore the same white dress and flowery wreath that she had seen in the painted windows.
Who acts: Princess · What happens: do, be, find, admire, wear, see · To what, where: first thing, own reflection, shepherdess, same white dress, painted windows
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), 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 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 6 thing | case |
| 2 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Of | fixed |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Of | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 thing | amod |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 look | obl |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 did | nsubj |
| 8 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 thing | acl:relcl |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 look | cop |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 look | mark |
| 11 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 reflection | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 reflection | nmod:poss |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 reflection | amod |
| 15 | reflection | reflection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 look | obl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 water | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 water | det |
| 18 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 reflection | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 surprised | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 surprised | cc |
| 21 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 surprised | nsubj |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 surprised | cop |
| 23 | extremely | extremely | ADV | _ | 24 surprised | advmod |
| 24 | surprised | surprised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 look | parataxis |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 find | mark |
| 26 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 surprised | advcl |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 shepherdess | mark |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 shepherdess | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 shepherdess | cop |
| 30 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 33 shepherdess | advmod |
| 31 | like | like | ADP | _ | 33 shepherdess | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 shepherdess | det |
| 33 | shepherdess | shepherdess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 find | obj |
| 34 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 admired | nsubj |
| 35 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 admired | aux |
| 36 | so | so | ADV | _ | 37 much | advmod |
| 37 | much | much | ADV | _ | 38 admired | advmod |
| 38 | admired | admire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 shepherdess | acl:relcl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 wore | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 wore | cc |
| 41 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 look | parataxis |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 dress | det |
| 43 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 dress | amod |
| 44 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 dress | amod |
| 45 | dress | dress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 wore | obj |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 wreath | cc |
| 47 | flowery | flowery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 wreath | amod |
| 48 | wreath | wreath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 dress | conj |
| 49 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 52 seen | mark |
| 50 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 seen | nsubj |
| 51 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 seen | aux |
| 52 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 41 wore | advcl |
| 53 | in | in | ADP | _ | 56 windows | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 windows | det |
| 55 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 56 windows | amod |
| 56 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 seen | obl |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 look | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Princess | the first thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is | past | Princess's own reflection in the water | of the first thing; look property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | Princess | extremely, surprised property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | find | to-infinitive | Princess not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is | past | Princess | like the shepherdess; exactly property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | admire | past · perfect | Princess | the shepherdess not said here | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shepherdess=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | wear | past | the same white dress and flowery wreath | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme | |||||
| 8 | see | past · perfect | Princess | the painted windows | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | paint | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=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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