The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 3, sentence 51
When those who were in the King’s palace saw the ship, they lost no time in going to meet him with song and music, and thus they marched up towards Minnikin with great rejoicings; but the gladdest of all was the King, for now he had got his other daughter back again.
Who acts: those, palace, bubbles · What happens: be, see, lose, go, meet, march up · To what, where: palace, ship, other daughter
This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Mother Holle, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (those, palace, bubbles), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 palace | advmod |
| 2 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 9 palace | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 palace | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 palace | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 palace | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 palace | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 7 King | case |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saw | nsubj |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ship | det |
| 12 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saw | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 lost | punct |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 lost | nsubj |
| 15 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 saw | conj |
| 16 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 17 time | det |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lost | obj |
| 18 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 19 going | mark |
| 19 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 lost | advcl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 meet | mark |
| 21 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 going | xcomp |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 meet | obj |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 song | case |
| 24 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 meet | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 music | cc |
| 26 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 song | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 marched | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 marched | cc |
| 29 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 31 marched | advmod |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 marched | nsubj |
| 31 | marched | march | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 saw | conj |
| 32 | up | up | ADP | _ | 31 marched | compound:prt |
| 33 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 34 Minnikin | case |
| 34 | Minnikin | Minnikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 marched | obl |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 rejoicings | case |
| 36 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 rejoicings | amod |
| 37 | rejoicings | rejoicing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 marched | obl |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 gladdest | punct |
| 39 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 41 gladdest | cc |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 gladdest | det |
| 41 | gladdest | glad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 saw | parataxis |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 King | case |
| 43 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 King | det |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 King | cop |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 King | det |
| 46 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 gladdest | obl |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 got | punct |
| 48 | for | for | ADP | _ | 49 now | case |
| 49 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 52 got | obl |
| 50 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 got | nsubj |
| 51 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 got | aux |
| 52 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 saw | parataxis |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 54 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 daughter | amod |
| 55 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 got | obj |
| 56 | back | back | ADV | _ | 57 again | advmod |
| 57 | again | again | ADV | _ | 52 got | advmod |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | those | the King's palace | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | past | the King's palace | the ship | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ship=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | lose | past | bubbles = bubble | time | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | go | gerund | bubbles = bubble not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | meet | to-infinitive | bubbles = bubble not said here | palace | with song and music | vn satisfy-55.7 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Theme with song=Instrument | |||
| 6 | march up | past | bubbles = bubble | towards Minnikin; with great rejoicings; thus property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards minnikin=Destination | ||||
| 7 | is | past | of all King | tree rules | |||||
| 8 | get | past · perfect | palace | Minnikin's other daughter | again | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme for now=Source |
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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