The Yellow Fairy Book, The Swineherd, sentence 97
As soon as he came into the yard he walked very softly, and the ladies-in-waiting were so busy counting the kisses and seeing fair play that they never noticed the Emperor.
Who acts: Emperor, ladies · What happens: come, walk, be, count, see, not notice · To what, where: yard, kisses, fair play
This is a sentence of «The Yellow Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Swineherd. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Emperor, ladies), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 came | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 came | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 came | nsubj |
| 5 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 yard | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 yard | det |
| 8 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 came | obl |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 walked | nsubj |
| 10 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 yard | acl:relcl |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 softly | advmod |
| 12 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 10 walked | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 busy | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 busy | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ladies | det |
| 16 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 busy | nsubj |
| 17 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 20 waiting | punct |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 waiting | case |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 in | punct |
| 20 | waiting | waiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 ladies | conj |
| 21 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 busy | cop |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 23 busy | advmod |
| 23 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 came | conj |
| 24 | counting | count | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 busy | advcl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 kisses | det |
| 26 | kisses | kiss | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 counting | obj |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 seeing | cc |
| 28 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 counting | conj |
| 29 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 play | amod |
| 30 | play | play | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 seeing | obj |
| 31 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 noticed | obj |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 noticed | nsubj |
| 33 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 34 noticed | advmod |
| 34 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 play | acl:relcl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 Emperor | det |
| 36 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 noticed | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | Emperor | into the yard; soon property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into yard=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | walk | past | Emperor | the yard not said here | softly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme yard=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | is | past | the ladies and waiting | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | count | gerund | the ladies and waiting not said here | the kisses | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kiss=Theme | ||||
| 5 | see | gerund | the ladies and waiting not said here | fair play | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer play=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | not notice | past | ladies = lady | fair play | tree 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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