The Red Fairy Book, Mother Holle, part 3, sentence 66
When he entered the Princess’s apartments they believed that he was Minnikin, and both of them ran up to him at once; but the elder, who was bigger and stronger, pushed her sister aside, and threw her arms round King Pippin’s neck and kissed him; so he got her to wife, and Minnikin the younger sister.
Who acts: Pippin, apartments, both, Minnikin · What happens: enter, believe, be, run up, push, throw · To what, where: apartments, Minnikin, Pippin, sister, arms, Princess
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 (Pippin, apartments, both, Minnikin), 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 | 3 entered | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 entered | nsubj |
| 3 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 believed | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 apartments | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 5 Princess | case |
| 7 | apartments | apartment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 entered | obj |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 believed | nsubj |
| 9 | believed | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 Minnikin | mark |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 Minnikin | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 Minnikin | cop |
| 13 | Minnikin | Minnikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 believed | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 ran | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 ran | cc |
| 16 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 ran | nsubj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 them | case |
| 18 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 both | nmod |
| 19 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 believed | conj |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 ran | compound:prt |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 him | case |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 ran | obl |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 once | case |
| 24 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 19 ran | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 elder | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 elder | cc |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 elder | det |
| 28 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 believed | parataxis |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 bigger | punct |
| 30 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 bigger | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 bigger | cop |
| 32 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 28 elder | parataxis |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 stronger | cc |
| 34 | stronger | strong | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 bigger | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 pushed | punct |
| 36 | pushed | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 believed | conj |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 sister | nmod:poss |
| 38 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 pushed | obj |
| 39 | aside | aside | ADV | _ | 36 pushed | advmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 threw | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 threw | cc |
| 42 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 pushed | parataxis |
| 43 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 arms | nmod:poss |
| 44 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 threw | obj |
| 45 | round | round | ADP | _ | 49 neck | case |
| 46 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 neck | nmod:poss |
| 47 | Pippin | Pippin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 King | flat |
| 48 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 46 King | case |
| 49 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 threw | obl |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 kissed | cc |
| 51 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 threw | conj |
| 52 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 kissed | obj |
| 53 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 got | punct |
| 54 | so | so | ADV | _ | 56 got | advmod |
| 55 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 got | nsubj |
| 56 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 believed | conj |
| 57 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 got | obj |
| 58 | to | to | PART | _ | 59 wife | mark |
| 59 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 got | obl |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 sister | punct |
| 61 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 65 sister | cc |
| 62 | Minnikin | Minnikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 65 sister | nsubj |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 sister | det |
| 64 | younger | young | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 65 sister | amod |
| 65 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 got | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 believed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | past | Pippin | the Princess's apartments | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme apartment=Destination | ||||
| 2 | believe | past | apartments = apartment | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | Pippin | Minnikin | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | run up | past | both | Pippin | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to he=Result | ||||
| 5 | is | past | big property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 7 | push | past | apartments = apartment not said here | Princess's sister | aside property | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme | |||
| 8 | throw | past | Princess's arms | round King's neck | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme | ||||
| 9 | kiss | past | Pippin | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||||
| 10 | get | past | Pippin | Princess | wife obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 11 | sister | Minnikin | tree rules |
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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