The Yellow Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts(11), part 3, sentence 80
Now the Prince of the Golden Isle was enchanted with this conversation, for the Princess Argentine was his sister, and he hoped, by means of her influence over the Prince of the Gnomes, to obtain from his brother the release of Rosalie.
Who acts: Princess Argentine, spite · What happens: enchant, be, hope, mean, obtain · To what, where: Prince, release
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Grateful Beasts(11), 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 (Princess Argentine, spite), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 Prince | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Prince | det |
| 3 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 enchanted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Isle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Isle | det |
| 6 | Golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Isle | amod |
| 7 | Isle | Isle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Prince | nmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 enchanted | aux:pass |
| 9 | enchanted | enchant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 conversation | case |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 conversation | det |
| 12 | conversation | conversation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enchanted | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sister | punct |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 sister | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Argentine | det |
| 16 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 Argentine | compound |
| 17 | Argentine | Argentine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 sister | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 sister | cop |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 sister | nmod:poss |
| 20 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 enchanted | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 hoped | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 hoped | cc |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 hoped | nsubj |
| 24 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 enchanted | parataxis |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 means | punct |
| 26 | by | by | ADP | _ | 27 means | case |
| 27 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 hoped | parataxis |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 influence | case |
| 29 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 influence | nmod:poss |
| 30 | influence | influence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 means | obl |
| 31 | over | over | ADP | _ | 33 Prince | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 Prince | det |
| 33 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 influence | nmod |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Gnomes | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Gnomes | det |
| 36 | Gnomes | Gnome | PROPN | Number=Plur | 33 Prince | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 obtain | punct |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 obtain | mark |
| 39 | obtain | obtain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 means | conj |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 brother | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 brother | nmod:poss |
| 42 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 obtain | obl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 release | det |
| 44 | release | release | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 obtain | obj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Rosalie | case |
| 46 | Rosalie | Rosalie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 release | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 enchanted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enchant | past · passive | the Prince of the Golden Isle | with this conversation | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the Princess Argentine | for spite's sister | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | hope | past | spite | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 4 | mean | present | of love's influence over the Prince of the Gnomes | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | obtain | to-infinitive | the release of Rosalie | from spite's brother | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent release=Theme from brother=Source |
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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