The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 21, sentence 96
And he asked his parents’ consent that he might marry the girl who had saved him, and a great feast was made, and the maiden became a princess, and in due time a queen, and she richly deserved all the honours showered upon her.
Who acts: joy, maiden, queen, honours, parents · What happens: ask, marry, save, make, become, deserve · To what, where: consent, girl, great feast, princess
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 21. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (joy, maiden, queen, honours), 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 | _ | 3 asked | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 asked | nsubj |
| 3 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 parents | nmod:poss |
| 5 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 consent | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ’ | 's | PART | _ | 5 parents | case |
| 7 | consent | consent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | obj |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 marry | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 marry | nsubj |
| 10 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 marry | aux |
| 11 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asked | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 girl | det |
| 13 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 marry | obj |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 saved | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 saved | aux |
| 16 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 girl | acl:relcl |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 saved | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 made | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 made | cc |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 feast | det |
| 21 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 feast | amod |
| 22 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 made | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 made | aux:pass |
| 24 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 asked | parataxis |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 became | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 became | cc |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 maiden | det |
| 28 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 became | nsubj |
| 29 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 asked | parataxis |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 princess | det |
| 31 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 became | xcomp |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 queen | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 queen | cc |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 time | case |
| 35 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 time | amod |
| 36 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 queen | compound |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 queen | det |
| 38 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asked | parataxis |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 deserved | punct |
| 40 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 deserved | cc |
| 41 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 deserved | nsubj |
| 42 | richly | richly | ADV | _ | 43 deserved | advmod |
| 43 | deserved | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 asked | conj |
| 44 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 46 honours | det:predet |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 honours | det |
| 46 | honours | honour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 showered | nsubj |
| 47 | showered | shower | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 deserved | ccomp |
| 48 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 49 her | case |
| 49 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 showered | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 asked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | joy | joy's parents's consent | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent consent=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | marry not said to happen | might | joy | the girl | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient | ||||
| 3 | save | past · perfect · passive | the girl | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary he=Theme | |||||
| 4 | make | past · passive | a great feast | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 5 | become | past | the maiden | a princess | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 6 | deserve | past | queen | richly property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | shower | past | all honours | upon queen | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme upon she=Destination | ||||
| 8 | consent | joy's parents | nom consent «communication transitive»: poss=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 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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