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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Glass Mountain(16), part 1, sentence 96

Meantime the former governess of the unfortunate Alphege, who had lost her husband soon after the King’s death, retired to her own house with her daughter, who grew up a lovely and most loveable girl, and both continued to mourn the loss of their dear Prince.

Who acts: former governess, daughter, King · What happens: lose, retire, grow up, continue, mourn, die · To what, where: husband, former governess, lovely girl, both, loss

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 (former governess, daughter, King), 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

nsubjdetamodcasedetamodnmodpunctnsubjauxaclnmod:possobjadvmodcasedetnmod:posscaseoblpunctaclcasenmod:possamodoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctnsubjacl:relclcompound:prtdetamodccadvmodconjobl:unmarkedpunctccnsubj:passparataxismarkxcompdetobjcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctrootMeantimeNOUNtheDETformerADJgovernessNOUNofADPtheDETunfortunateADJAlphegePROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONhadAUXlostVERBherPRONhusbandNOUNsoonADVafterADPtheDETKingPROPN’sPARTdeathNOUN,PUNCTretiredVERBtoADPherPRONownADJhouseNOUNwithADPherPRONdaughterNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONgrewVERBupADPaDETlovelyADJandCCONJmostADVloveableADJgirlNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJbothDETcontinuedVERBtoPARTmournVERBtheDETlossNOUNofADPtheirPRONdearADJPrincePROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MeantimemeantimeNOUNNumber=Sing4 governessnsubj
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 governessdet
3formerformerADJDegree=Pos4 governessamod
4governessgovernessNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5ofofADP_8 Alphegecase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 Alphegedet
7unfortunateunfortunateADJDegree=Pos8 Alphegeamod
8AlphegeAlphegePROPNNumber=Sing4 governessnmod
9,,PUNCT_12 lostpunct
10whowhoPRONPronType=Rel12 lostnsubj
11hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 lostaux
12lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part4 governessacl
13herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 husbandnmod:poss
14husbandhusbandNOUNNumber=Sing12 lostobj
15soonsoonADVDegree=Pos12 lostadvmod
16afterafterADP_20 deathcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 Kingdet
18KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing20 deathnmod:poss
19’s'sPART_18 Kingcase
20deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing12 lostobl
21,,PUNCT_22 retiredpunct
22retiredretireVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 governessacl
23totoADP_26 housecase
24herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 housenmod:poss
25ownownADJDegree=Pos26 houseamod
26househouseNOUNNumber=Sing22 retiredobl
27withwithADP_29 daughtercase
28herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs29 daughternmod:poss
29daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing26 housenmod
30,,PUNCT_32 grewpunct
31whowhoPRONPronType=Rel32 grewnsubj
32grewgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 daughteracl:relcl
33upupADP_32 grewcompound:prt
34aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 girldet
35lovelylovelyADJDegree=Pos39 girlamod
36andandCCONJ_38 loveablecc
37mostmostADVDegree=Sup38 loveableadvmod
38loveableloveableADJDegree=Pos35 lovelyconj
39girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing32 grewobl:unmarked
40,,PUNCT_43 continuedpunct
41andandCCONJ_43 continuedcc
42bothbothDETPronType=Tot43 continuednsubj:pass
43continuedcontinueVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 governessparataxis
44totoPART_45 mournmark
45mournmournVERBVerbForm=Inf43 continuedxcomp
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 lossdet
47losslossNOUNNumber=Sing45 mournobj
48ofofADP_51 Princecase
49theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 Princenmod:poss
50deardearADJDegree=Pos51 Princeamod
51PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing47 lossnmod
52..PUNCT_4 governesspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1losepast · perfectthe former governess of the unfortunate AlphegeMeantime's husbandafter the King's deathsoon propertyvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Eventuality
2retireparticiplethe former governess of the unfortunate Alphege not said hereto Meantime's own house with Meantime's daughtervn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3grow uppastMeantime's daughtera lovely girlvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4continueparticiple · passivebothtree rules
5mournto-infinitivethe loss of husband's dear Princevn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer loss=Stimulus
6diethe Kingnom death «event 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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