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The Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Ring, sentence 179

Instantly a tiny mouse stepped forward and said: ‘I often creep about the Princess’s bedroom at night, and I have noticed that she has a ring which she treasures as the apple of her eye.

Who acts: tiny mouse, I, Princess, ring · What happens: step forward, say, creep, notice, have, treasure · To what, where: ring · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Magic Ring. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tiny mouse, I, Princess, ring), 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

advmoddetamodnsubjadvmodccconjpunctpunctnsubjadvmodccompcasedetnmod:posscaseoblcaseoblpunctccnsubjauxparataxismarknsubjccompdetobjnsubjnsubjacl:relclcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootInstantlyADVaDETtinyADJmouseNOUNsteppedVERBforwardADVandCCONJsaidVERB:PUNCT‘PUNCTIPRONoftenADVcreepVERBaboutADPtheDETPrincessPROPN’sPARTbedroomNOUNatADPnightNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJIPRONhaveAUXnoticedVERBthatSCONJshePRONhasVERBaDETringNOUNwhichPRONshePRONtreasuresVERBasADPtheDETappleNOUNofADPherPRONeyeNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1InstantlyinstantlyADV_5 steppedadvmod
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 mousedet
3tinytinyADJDegree=Pos4 mouseamod
4mousemouseNOUNNumber=Sing5 steppednsubj
5steppedstepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6forwardforwardADV_5 steppedadvmod
7andandCCONJ_8 saidcc
8saidsayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 steppedconj
9::PUNCT_13 creeppunct
10‘'PUNCT_13 creeppunct
11IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs13 creepnsubj
12oftenoftenADV_13 creepadvmod
13creepcreepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 saidccomp
14aboutaboutADP_18 bedroomcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 Princessdet
16PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing18 bedroomnmod:poss
17’s'sPART_16 Princesscase
18bedroombedroomNOUNNumber=Sing13 creepobl
19atatADP_20 nightcase
20nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing13 creepobl
21,,PUNCT_25 noticedpunct
22andandCCONJ_25 noticedcc
23IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs25 noticednsubj
24havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 noticedaux
25noticednoticeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part5 steppedparataxis
26thatthatSCONJ_28 hasmark
27sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 hasnsubj
28hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 noticedccomp
29aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art30 ringdet
30ringringNOUNNumber=Sing28 hasobj
31whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel33 treasuresnsubj
32sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs33 treasuresnsubj
33treasurestreasureVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin30 ringacl:relcl
34asasADP_36 applecase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 appledet
36appleappleNOUNNumber=Sing33 treasuresobl
37ofofADP_39 eyecase
38herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 eyenmod:poss
39eyeeyeNOUNNumber=Sing36 applenmod
40..PUNCT_5 steppedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1step forwardpasta tiny mouseforward, instantly propertyvn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2say speech: assertpasta tiny mouse not said herevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3creeppresentInightabout the Princess's bedroom; often propertyvn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about bedroom=Trajectory
4noticepresent · perfectIvn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5havepresentPrincessa ringvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Patient
6treasurepresenta ringas the apple of Princess's eyevn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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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