The Violet Fairy Book, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3, sentence 123
After many battles and much loss of life, a peace was at last concluded, and this peace became known as the ‘Pasty Peace,’ because at the banquet given in its honour the prince’s cook dished up the Queen of Pasties--the Suzeraine--and the grand duke declared it to be quite excellent.
Who acts: grand duke, peace · What happens: conclude, know, give, dish up, declare, be · To what, where: peace, banquet, honour, Queen
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The History of Dwarf Long Nose, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (grand duke, peace), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 battles | case |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 battles | amod |
| 3 | battles | battle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 concluded | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 loss | cc |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 loss | advmod |
| 6 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 battles | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 loss | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 battles | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 peace | det |
| 11 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 concluded | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 concluded | aux:pass |
| 13 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 15 concluded | mark |
| 14 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 concluded | amod |
| 15 | concluded | conclude | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 known | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 known | cc |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 peace | det |
| 19 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 known | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 known | aux:pass |
| 21 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 concluded | conj |
| 22 | as | as | ADP | _ | 26 Peace | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Peace | det |
| 24 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 25 Pasty | punct |
| 25 | Pasty | Pasty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Peace | compound |
| 26 | Peace | Peace | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 known | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 Peace | punct |
| 28 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 26 Peace | punct |
| 29 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 41 dished | mark |
| 30 | at | at | ADP | _ | 32 banquet | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 banquet | det |
| 32 | banquet | banquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 dished | obl |
| 33 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 banquet | acl |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 honour | case |
| 35 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 honour | nmod:poss |
| 36 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 given | obl |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 prince | det |
| 38 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 cook | nmod:poss |
| 39 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 38 prince | case |
| 40 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 honour | nmod |
| 41 | dished | dish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 known | advcl |
| 42 | up | up | ADP | _ | 41 dished | compound:prt |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 Queen | det |
| 44 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 dished | obj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Pasties | case |
| 46 | Pasties | pasty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 Queen | nmod |
| 47 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 49 Suzeraine | punct |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 Suzeraine | det |
| 49 | Suzeraine | Suzeraine | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Queen | conj |
| 50 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 55 declared | punct |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 declared | cc |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 duke | det |
| 53 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 duke | amod |
| 54 | duke | duke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 declared | nsubj |
| 55 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 concluded | conj |
| 56 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 declared | obj |
| 57 | to | to | PART | _ | 60 excellent | mark |
| 58 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 60 excellent | cop |
| 59 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 60 excellent | advmod |
| 60 | excellent | excellent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 declared | advcl |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 concluded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | conclude | past · passive | a peace | after many battles and loss of life | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | know | past · passive | this peace | as the Pasty Peace | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus as peace=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | give | participle | the banquet not said here | peace's honour the prince's cook | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 4 | dish up | past | the Queen of Pasties and the Suzeraine | the banquet | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | declare speech: other | past | the grand duke | peace | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | is | to-infinitive | the grand duke not said here | excellent property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | honour | peace | nom honour «state transitive»: 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 Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 641 (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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