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The Violet Fairy Book, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2, sentence 5

Before answering, the princess consulted her own horse as to which offer she should accept, and he advised her to side with the genius who was master of Sunlight, his own younger brother, and still more active than himself.

Who acts: princess, other, genius · What happens: answer, consult, offer, accept, advise, be · To what, where: own horse, princess, master

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princess, other, genius), 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

markadvclpunctdetnsubjnmod:possamodobjmarkfixednsubjadvclnsubjauxccomppunctccnsubjparataxisobjmarkxcompcasedetoblnsubjcopconjcasenmodpunctnmod:possamodamodconjpunctccadvmodadvmodconjcaseoblpunctrootBeforeSCONJansweringVERB,PUNCTtheDETprincessNOUNconsultedVERBherPRONownADJhorseNOUNasSCONJtoADPwhichPRONofferVERBshePRONshouldAUXacceptVERB,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONadvisedVERBherPRONtoPARTsideNOUNwithADPtheDETgeniusNOUNwhoPRONwasAUXmasterNOUNofADPSunlightPROPN,PUNCThisPRONownADJyoungerADJbrotherNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJstillADVmoreADVactiveADJthanADPhimselfPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BeforebeforeSCONJ_2 answeringmark
2answeringanswerVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part6 consultedadvcl
3,,PUNCT_2 answeringpunct
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 princessdet
5princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing6 consultednsubj
6consultedconsultVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 horsenmod:poss
8ownownADJDegree=Pos9 horseamod
9horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing6 consultedobj
10asasSCONJ_13 offermark
11totoADP_10 asfixed
12whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel13 offernsubj
13offerofferVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 consultedadvcl
14sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs16 acceptnsubj
15shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin16 acceptaux
16acceptacceptVERBVerbForm=Inf13 offerccomp
17,,PUNCT_20 advisedpunct
18andandCCONJ_20 advisedcc
19hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 advisednsubj
20advisedadviseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 consultedparataxis
21hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 advisedobj
22totoPART_23 sidemark
23sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing20 advisedxcomp
24withwithADP_26 geniuscase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 geniusdet
26geniusgeniusNOUNNumber=Sing20 advisedobl
27whowhoPRONPronType=Rel29 masternsubj
28wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin29 mastercop
29mastermasterNOUNNumber=Sing26 geniusconj
30ofofADP_31 Sunlightcase
31SunlightSunlightPROPNNumber=Sing29 masternmod
32,,PUNCT_36 brotherpunct
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 brothernmod:poss
34ownownADJDegree=Pos36 brotheramod
35youngeryoungADJDegree=Cmp36 brotheramod
36brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing26 geniusconj
37,,PUNCT_41 activepunct
38andandCCONJ_41 activecc
39stillstillADV_40 moreadvmod
40moremoreADVDegree=Cmp41 activeadvmod
41activeactiveADJDegree=Pos20 advisedconj
42thanthanADP_43 himselfcase
43himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes41 activeobl
44..PUNCT_6 consultedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1answer speech: assertgerundthe princess not said herevn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2consultpastthe princessprincess's own horsevn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme
3offerpresenttree rules
4acceptshouldprincessvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5advise speech: otherpastotherprincesswith the genius and master and other's own younger brothervn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
6is apastthe genius and master and other's own younger brothermasterof Sunlighttree 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 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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