The Yellow Fairy Book, How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2, sentence 30
The Prince, far more attracted by the thoughts of possessing the Princess than her promised dower, set forth in his quest after taking leave of the King and Queen, the latter giving him a miniature of her daughter which she was in the habit of wearing.
Who acts: thoughts, miniature, latter habit, Queen, King · What happens: attract, possess, promise, set, take, give · To what, where: Prince, Princess, promised dower, quest, leave, King
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thoughts, miniature, latter habit, Queen), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Prince | det |
| 2 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 attracted | punct |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 more | advmod |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 attracted | advmod |
| 6 | attracted | attract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Prince | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 thoughts | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 thoughts | det |
| 9 | thoughts | thought | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 attracted | obl |
| 10 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 11 possessing | mark |
| 11 | possessing | possess | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 thoughts | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Princess | det |
| 13 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 possessing | obj |
| 14 | than | than | ADP | _ | 17 dower | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 dower | nmod:poss |
| 16 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 dower | amod |
| 17 | dower | dower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 possessing | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 set | punct |
| 19 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 dower | acl |
| 20 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 19 set | advmod |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 quest | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 quest | nmod:poss |
| 23 | quest | quest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 set | obl |
| 24 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 25 taking | mark |
| 25 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 set | advcl |
| 26 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 taking | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 King | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 King | det |
| 29 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 leave | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 Queen | cc |
| 31 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 King | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 habit | punct |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 habit | det |
| 34 | latter | latter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 habit | amod |
| 35 | giving | give | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 47 habit | csubj |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 giving | iobj |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 miniature | det |
| 38 | miniature | miniature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 habit | nsubj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 daughter | case |
| 40 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 41 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 miniature | nmod |
| 42 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 habit | nsubj |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 habit | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 habit | cop |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 47 habit | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 habit | det |
| 47 | habit | habit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 thoughts | conj |
| 48 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 49 wearing | mark |
| 49 | wearing | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 47 habit | acl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Prince | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attract | participle | the Prince not said here | by the thoughts and the latter habit | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | possess | gerund | the thoughts and the latter habit not said here | the Princess | than Queen's promised dower | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme | |||
| 3 | promise speech: promise | participle | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | set | participle | Queen's promised dower not said here | King's quest | forth property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in quest=Destination | |||
| 5 | take | gerund | leave of the King and Queen | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme | |||||
| 6 | give | gerund | King | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||||
| 7 | is | past | a miniature of Queen's daughter | the latter habit | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | wear | gerund | the latter habit not said here | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | dower | Queen | nom dower «possession transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | quest | King | nom quest «cognition intransitive»: 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 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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