The Yellow Fairy Book, The Donkey Cabbage, part 3, sentence 26

After some time spent in the most tender conversation, the Prince could not restrain himself from asking the lovely unknown by what lucky chance she was wandering in the forest; where the fountain had gone; and if she knew anything of the Frog to whom he owed all his happiness, and to whom he must give up the bird, which, somehow or other, was still sound asleep.

Who acts: Prince, Madam, fountain · What happens: spend, not restrain, ask, wonder, go, know · To what, where: time, tender conversation, Prince, lucky chance, forest, anything

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Donkey Cabbage, 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 (Prince, Madam, fountain), 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	After	after	ADP	_	3 time	case
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 time	det
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 restrain	obl
4	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 time	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 conversation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 conversation	det
7	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	8 tender	advmod
8	tender	tender	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 conversation	amod
9	conversation	conversation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spent	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 time	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Prince	det
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 restrain	nsubj
13	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 restrain	aux
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 restrain	advmod
15	restrain	restrain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
16	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 restrain	obj
17	from	from	SCONJ	_	18 asking	mark
18	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 restrain	advcl
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 unknown	det
20	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 unknown	amod
21	unknown	unknown	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 asking	xcomp
22	by	by	ADP	_	25 chance	case
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 chance	nsubj
24	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 chance	amod
25	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 asking	obl
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 wandering	nsubj
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 wandering	aux
28	wandering	wonder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	25 chance	acl:relcl
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 forest	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 forest	det
31	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 wandering	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	37 gone	punct
33	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	37 gone	advmod
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 fountain	det
35	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 gone	nsubj
36	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 gone	aux
37	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 restrain	conj
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 knew	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 knew	cc
40	if	if	SCONJ	_	42 knew	mark
41	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	42 knew	nsubj
42	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 restrain	parataxis
43	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	42 knew	obj
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 Frog	case
45	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 Frog	det
46	Frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 anything	nmod
47	to	to	ADP	_	48 whom	case
48	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 knew	obl
49	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 owed	nsubj
50	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 whom	acl:relcl
51	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	53 happiness	det:predet
52	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	53 happiness	nmod:poss
53	happiness	happiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 owed	obj
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 give	punct
55	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 give	cc
56	to	to	ADP	_	57 whom	case
57	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 give	obl
58	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	60 give	nsubj
59	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	60 give	aux
60	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 restrain	conj
61	up	up	ADP	_	60 give	compound:prt
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 bird	det
63	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 give	obj
64	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 somehow	punct
65	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	67 somehow	nsubj
66	,	,	PUNCT	_	67 somehow	punct
67	somehow	somehow	ADV	_	63 bird	advmod
68	or	or	CCONJ	_	69 other	cc
69	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 somehow	conj
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	73 sound	punct
71	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	73 sound	cop
72	still	still	ADV	_	73 sound	advmod
73	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	15 restrain	parataxis
74	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	73 sound	xcomp
75	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 restrain	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	participle		some time not said here	the tender conversation			vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not restrain	could	the Prince	Prince		time		vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer himself=Eventuality
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	the Prince not said here				by lucky chance; unknown property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	wonder speech: ask	past · progressive	Madam	lucky chance not said here	the forest			tree rules
5	go	past · perfect	the fountain					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	know a condition, not said to happen	past	Madam	anything				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus
7	owe	past	Prince	Prince's happiness				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent happiness=Theme
8	give up	must	Prince	the bird				vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent bird=Theme to whom=Recipient
9	is	past				still	asleep, sound property	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 Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 640 (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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