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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Glass Mountain(16), part 1, sentence 75

The Fairy replied that, much as she desired to be agreeable to the Queen in every way, it was impossible for her to attempt anything against the young Prince, who was under the protection of some greater Power than her own.

Who acts: Fairy · What happens: reply, desire, be, attempt · To what, where: that, way, anything, protection

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Glass Mountain(16), part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fairy), 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

detnsubjobjpunctadvmodmarknsubjparataxismarkcopxcompcasedetoblcasedetoblpunctexplcopconjmarknsubjmarkcsubjobjcasedetamodnmodpunctnsubjcopcasedetconjcasedetamodnmodcasenmod:possoblpunctrootTheDETFairyNOUNrepliedVERBthatPRON,PUNCTmuchADVasSCONJshePRONdesiredVERBtoPARTbeAUXagreeableADJtoADPtheDETQueenPROPNinADPeveryDETwayNOUN,PUNCTitPRONwasAUXimpossibleADJforSCONJherPRONtoPARTattemptVERBanythingPRONagainstADPtheDETyoungADJPrincePROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONwasAUXunderADPtheDETprotectionNOUNofADPsomeDETgreaterADJPowerNOUNthanADPherPRONownADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Fairydet
2FairyfairyNOUNNumber=Sing3 repliednsubj
3repliedreplyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 repliedobj
5,,PUNCT_9 desiredpunct
6muchmuchADV_9 desiredadvmod
7asasSCONJ_9 desiredmark
8sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 desirednsubj
9desireddesireVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 repliedparataxis
10totoPART_12 agreeablemark
11bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf12 agreeablecop
12agreeableagreeableADJDegree=Pos9 desiredxcomp
13totoADP_15 Queencase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art15 Queendet
15QueenQueenPROPNNumber=Sing12 agreeableobl
16ininADP_18 waycase
17everyeveryDETPronType=Tot18 waydet
18waywayNOUNNumber=Sing12 agreeableobl
19,,PUNCT_22 impossiblepunct
20ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs22 impossibleexpl
21wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 impossiblecop
22impossibleimpossibleADJDegree=Pos9 desiredconj
23forforSCONJ_26 attemptmark
24hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs26 attemptnsubj
25totoPART_26 attemptmark
26attemptattemptVERBVerbForm=Inf22 impossiblecsubj
27anythinganythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind26 attemptobj
28againstagainstADP_31 Princecase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art31 Princedet
30youngyoungADJDegree=Pos31 Princeamod
31PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing27 anythingnmod
32,,PUNCT_37 protectionpunct
33whowhoPRONPronType=Rel37 protectionnsubj
34wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin37 protectioncop
35underunderADP_37 protectioncase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 protectiondet
37protectionprotectionNOUNNumber=Sing27 anythingconj
38ofofADP_41 Powercase
39somesomeDETPronType=Ind41 Powerdet
40greatergreatADJDegree=Cmp41 Poweramod
41PowerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing37 protectionnmod
42thanthanADP_44 owncase
43herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs44 ownnmod:poss
44ownownADJDegree=Pos26 attemptobl
45..PUNCT_3 repliedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reply speech: assertpastthe Fairythatvn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic
2desirepastFairyvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot
3is not said to happento-infinitiveFairy not said hereevery wayto the Queen; agreeable propertytree rules
4ispastFairy not said hereimpossible propertytree rules
5attemptto-infinitiveFairyanythingagainst the young Prince; than Fairy's ownvn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Eventuality
6ispastthe protectionof some greater Powertree 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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