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The Violet Fairy Book, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World, sentence 57

Leaping on his back he shook the reins, and his daughter, who knew what to expect and had her eyes open, saw the horse start forward, and in the twinkling of an eye changed her own steed into a cell, the prince into a hermit, and herself into a nun.

Who acts: king, daughter, horse · What happens: leap, shake, know, expect, have, see · To what, where: back, reins, eyes, own steed, twinkling · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Prince Who Wanted to See the World. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, daughter, horse), 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

csubjcasenmod:possoblnsubjdetobjpunctccnmod:possnsubjpunctnsubjparataxisobjmarkccompccconjnmod:possobjxcomppunctparataxisdetnsubjccompadvmodpunctcccasedetoblcasedetnmodconjnmod:possamodobjcasedetoblpunctdetapposcasedetoblpunctccoblcasedetoblpunctrootLeapingVERBonADPhisPRONbackNOUNhePRONshookVERBtheDETreinsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJhisPRONdaughterNOUN,PUNCTwhoPRONknewVERBwhatPRONtoPARTexpectVERBandCCONJhadVERBherPRONeyesNOUNopenADJ,PUNCTsawVERBtheDEThorseNOUNstartVERBforwardADV,PUNCTandCCONJinADPtheDETtwinklingNOUNofADPanDETeyeNOUNchangedVERBherPRONownADJsteedNOUNintoADPaDETcellNOUN,PUNCTtheDETprinceNOUNintoADPaDEThermitNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJherselfPRONintoADPaDETnunNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LeapingleapVERBVerbForm=Ger6 shookcsubj
2ononADP_4 backcase
3hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 backnmod:poss
4backbackNOUNNumber=Sing1 Leapingobl
5hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 shooknsubj
6shookshakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 reinsdet
8reinsreinNOUNNumber=Plur6 shookobj
9,,PUNCT_15 knewpunct
10andandCCONJ_15 knewcc
11hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs12 daughternmod:poss
12daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing15 knewnsubj
13,,PUNCT_15 knewpunct
14whowhoPRONPronType=Rel15 knewnsubj
15knewknowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 shookparataxis
16whatwhatPRONPronType=Int18 expectobj
17totoPART_18 expectmark
18expectexpectVERBVerbForm=Inf15 knewccomp
19andandCCONJ_20 hadcc
20hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 shookconj
21herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs22 eyesnmod:poss
22eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur20 hadobj
23openopenADJDegree=Pos20 hadxcomp
24,,PUNCT_25 sawpunct
25sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 shookparataxis
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 horsedet
27horsehorseNOUNNumber=Sing28 startnsubj
28startstartVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin25 sawccomp
29forwardforwardADV_28 startadvmod
30,,PUNCT_38 changedpunct
31andandCCONJ_38 changedcc
32ininADP_34 twinklingcase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 twinklingdet
34twinklingtwinklingNOUNNumber=Sing38 changedobl
35ofofADP_37 eyecase
36anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art37 eyedet
37eyeeyeNOUNNumber=Sing34 twinklingnmod
38changedchangeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 shookconj
39herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs41 steednmod:poss
40ownownADJDegree=Pos41 steedamod
41steedsteedNOUNNumber=Sing38 changedobj
42intointoADP_44 cellcase
43aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 celldet
44cellcellNOUNNumber=Sing38 changedobl
45,,PUNCT_47 princepunct
46thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art47 princedet
47princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing44 cellappos
48intointoADP_50 hermitcase
49aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art50 hermitdet
50hermithermitNOUNNumber=Sing38 changedobl
51,,PUNCT_53 herselfpunct
52andandCCONJ_53 herselfcc
53herselfherselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes38 changedobl
54intointoADP_56 nuncase
55aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art56 nundet
56nunnunNOUNNumber=Sing38 changedobl
57..PUNCT_6 shookpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leapgerundking's backvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on back=Trajectory
2shakepastkingthe reinsvn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent rein=Patient
3knowpastking's daughtervn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4expectto-infinitivevn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
5havepastking not said heredaughter's eyesopen propertyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
6seepastvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
7startpresentthe horseforward propertyvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
8changepastking not said heredaughter's own steedthe twinkling of a eyeinto a cell result; into a hermit; into a nun; daughter oblvn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: agent=Agent steed=Patient into cell=Result

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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