The Pink Fairy Book, The Pink Fairy Book, part 31, sentence 12
To be sure, a fan seems rather an odd possession for a goose girl, but the princess did not think of that, and she forgot all her troubles when, on opening the fan to use it as a parasol, out tumbled a letter from her lover.
Who acts: fan, princess · What happens: be, seem, not think, forget, open, use · To what, where: odd possession, troubles, fan, letter, lover
This is a sentence of «The Pink Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Pink Fairy Book, part 31. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fan, princess), 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 | To | to | PART | _ | 3 sure | mark |
| 2 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sure | cop |
| 3 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 seems | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fan | det |
| 6 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seems | nsubj |
| 7 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sure | ccomp |
| 8 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 11 possession | advmod |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 possession | det |
| 10 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 possession | amod |
| 11 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 seems | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 girl | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 girl | det |
| 14 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 girl | compound |
| 15 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 possession | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 think | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 think | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 princess | det |
| 19 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 think | nsubj |
| 20 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 think | aux |
| 21 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 22 think | advmod |
| 22 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 seems | conj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 that | case |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 22 think | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 forgot | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 forgot | cc |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 forgot | nsubj |
| 28 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sure | conj |
| 29 | all | all | ADV | _ | 31 troubles | advmod |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 troubles | nmod:poss |
| 31 | troubles | trouble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 forgot | obj |
| 32 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 28 forgot | advmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 opening | punct |
| 34 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 35 opening | mark |
| 35 | opening | open | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 forgot | advcl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 fan | det |
| 37 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 opening | obj |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 use | mark |
| 39 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 opening | xcomp |
| 40 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 use | obj |
| 41 | as | as | ADP | _ | 43 parasol | case |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 parasol | det |
| 43 | parasol | parasol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 use | obl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 tumbled | punct |
| 45 | out | out | ADV | _ | 46 tumbled | advmod |
| 46 | tumbled | tumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 opening | conj |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 letter | det |
| 48 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 tumbled | obj |
| 49 | from | from | ADP | _ | 51 lover | case |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 lover | nmod:poss |
| 51 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 letter | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sure | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | to-infinitive | sure property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | seem | present | a fan | a odd possession | for a goose girl | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme possession=Attribute | |||
| 3 | not think speech: other | past · do-support | the princess | of that | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | forget | past | princess | princess's troubles | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | open | gerund | princess not said here | the fan | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | use | to-infinitive | princess not said here | fan | as a parasol | vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Duration as parasol=Attribute | |||
| 7 | tumble | past | princess not said here | a letter | princess's lover | out property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient letter=Extent from lover=Initial_State | ||
| 8 | trouble | princess | nom trouble «cognition 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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