The Red Fairy Book, Soria Moria Castle, sentence 70

And now all the Princesses came to the castle, and were together again, and they were happier than they had ever been in their lives; and they were delighted with Halvor, and he with them, and he was to choose the one he liked best; but of the three sisters the youngest loved him best.

Who acts: Princesses, heads, Halvor, youngest · What happens: come, be, like, love · To what, where: castle, best, Halvor

This is a sentence of «The Red Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Soria Moria Castle. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Princesses, heads, Halvor, youngest), 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	And	and	CCONJ	_	6 came	cc
2	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 came	advmod
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 Princesses	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princesses	det
5	Princesses	Princess	PROPN	Number=Plur	6 came	nsubj
6	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 came	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 again	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 again	cc
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 again	cop
13	together	together	ADV	_	14 again	advmod
14	again	again	ADV	_	6 came	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 happier	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 happier	cc
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 happier	nsubj
18	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 happier	cop
19	happier	happy	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 came	conj
20	than	than	ADP	_	27 lives	case
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 lives	nsubj
22	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 lives	aux
23	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	27 lives	advmod
24	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	27 lives	cop
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 lives	case
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 lives	nmod:poss
27	lives	life	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 happier	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	32 delighted	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 delighted	cc
30	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 delighted	nsubj
31	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 delighted	cop
32	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 came	conj
33	with	with	ADP	_	34 Halvor	case
34	Halvor	Halvor	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 delighted	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 them	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 them	cc
37	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	39 them	nsubj
38	with	with	ADP	_	39 them	case
39	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 came	conj
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 choose	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	45 choose	cc
42	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 choose	nsubj
43	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	45 choose	cop
44	to	to	PART	_	45 choose	mark
45	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 came	conj
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 one	det
47	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 choose	obj
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 liked	nsubj
49	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 one	acl:relcl
50	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	49 liked	obj
51	;	;	PUNCT	_	59 loved	punct
52	but	but	CCONJ	_	59 loved	cc
53	of	of	ADP	_	56 sisters	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 sisters	det
55	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	56 sisters	nummod
56	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 loved	obl
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 youngest	det
58	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	59 loved	nsubj
59	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 came	parataxis
60	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 loved	obj
61	best	well	ADV	Degree=Sup	59 loved	advmod
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 came	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	all Princesses		the castle	now		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location
2	is	past					again, together property	tree rules
3	is	past	heads = head				happy property	tree rules
4	is	past · perfect	heads = head			ever	than heads's lives	tree rules
5	is	past	heads = head				with Halvor; delighted property	tree rules
6	is	past	Halvor				choose property	tree rules
7	like	past	Halvor	best				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot good=Theme
8	love	past	the youngest	Halvor			of the three sisters; well property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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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