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The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 15, sentence 73

The prince asked to see the horse, and as soon as he entered the stable the steed began to neigh in a friendly fashion, and stood as quiet and still as a lamb while the prince lifted up his hoofs, one after the other, and showed the king’s men the famous golden shoes.

Who acts: prince, steed · What happens: ask, see, enter, begin, neigh, stand · To what, where: horse, stable, friendly fashion, hoofs, famous golden shoes, men

This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 15. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (prince, steed), 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

detnsubjmarkxcompdetobjpunctccadvmodadvmodmarknsubjconjdetobjdetnsubjparataxismarkxcompcasedetamodoblpunctccconjcasexcompccconjcasedetoblmarkdetnsubjadvclcompound:prtnmod:possobjpunctapposcasedetnmodpunctccconjdetnmod:posscaseobjdetamodamodobjpunctrootTheDETprinceNOUNaskedVERBtoPARTseeVERBtheDEThorseNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJasADVsoonADVasSCONJhePRONenteredVERBtheDETstableNOUNtheDETsteedNOUNbeganVERBtoPARTneighVERBinADPaDETfriendlyADJfashionNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJstoodVERBasADPquietADJandCCONJstillADVasADPaDETlambNOUNwhileSCONJtheDETprinceNOUNliftedVERBupADPhisPRONhoofsNOUN,PUNCToneNUMafterADPtheDETotherADJ,PUNCTandCCONJshowedVERBtheDETkingNOUN’sPARTmenNOUNtheDETfamousADJgoldenADJshoesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 princedet
2princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing3 askednsubj
3askedaskVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoPART_5 seemark
5seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 askedxcomp
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 horsedet
7horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing5 seeobj
8,,PUNCT_14 enteredpunct
9andandCCONJ_14 enteredcc
10asasADV_11 soonadvmod
11soonsoonADVDegree=Pos14 enteredadvmod
12asasSCONJ_14 enteredmark
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 enterednsubj
14enteredenterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 askedconj
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 stabledet
16stablestableNOUNNumber=Sing14 enteredobj
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 steeddet
18steedsteedNOUNNumber=Sing19 begannsubj
19beganbeginVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 enteredparataxis
20totoPART_21 neighmark
21neighneighVERBVerbForm=Inf19 beganxcomp
22ininADP_25 fashioncase
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art25 fashiondet
24friendlyfriendlyADJDegree=Pos25 fashionamod
25fashionfashionNOUNNumber=Sing21 neighobl
26,,PUNCT_28 stoodpunct
27andandCCONJ_28 stoodcc
28stoodstandVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 askedconj
29asasADP_30 quietcase
30quietquietADJDegree=Pos28 stoodxcomp
31andandCCONJ_32 stillcc
32stillstillADV_30 quietconj
33asasADP_35 lambcase
34aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art35 lambdet
35lamblambNOUNNumber=Sing28 stoodobl
36whilewhileSCONJ_39 liftedmark
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 princedet
38princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing39 liftednsubj
39liftedliftVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin28 stoodadvcl
40upupADP_39 liftedcompound:prt
41hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 hoofsnmod:poss
42hoofshoofNOUNNumber=Plur39 liftedobj
43,,PUNCT_44 onepunct
44oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card42 hoofsappos
45afterafterADP_47 othercase
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 otherdet
47otherotherADJDegree=Pos44 onenmod
48,,PUNCT_50 showedpunct
49andandCCONJ_50 showedcc
50showedshowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 askedconj
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 kingdet
52kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing54 mennmod:poss
53’s'sPART_52 kingcase
54menmanNOUNNumber=Plur50 showedobj
55thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 shoesdet
56famousfamousADJDegree=Pos58 shoesamod
57goldengoldenADJDegree=Pos58 shoesamod
58shoesshoeNOUNNumber=Plur50 showedobj
59..PUNCT_3 askedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ask speech: askpastthe princevn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2see not said to happento-infinitivethe prince not said herethe horsevn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus
3enterpastprincethe stablesoon propertyvn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme stable=Destination
4beginpastthe steedvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5neighto-infinitivethe steed not said herea friendly fashionvn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6standpastthe prince not said hereas a lamb; quiet propertyvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7lift uppastthe princeprince's hoofsvn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hoof=Theme
8showpastthe prince not said herethe famous golden shoesthe king's menvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent man=Recipient shoe=Topic

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 Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 5615 (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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