The Violet Fairy Book, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale), sentence 105
But when they saw his youngest brother, and the beasts following him, they thought it was their own prince, and they rejoiced greatly, and told him how they had sought him everywhere.
Who acts: princes, beasts, town · What happens: see, follow, think, be, rejoice, tell · To what, where: youngest brother, fox, own prince · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Violet Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale). The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (princes, beasts, town), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 saw | cc |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 saw | advmod |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saw | nsubj |
| 4 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brother | nmod:poss |
| 6 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 brother | amod |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saw | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 following | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 following | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 beasts | det |
| 11 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 following | nsubj |
| 12 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 saw | parataxis |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 following | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 thought | punct |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 thought | nsubj |
| 16 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 prince | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 prince | cop |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 prince | nmod:poss |
| 20 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 prince | amod |
| 21 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 thought | ccomp |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 rejoiced | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 rejoiced | cc |
| 24 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 rejoiced | nsubj |
| 25 | rejoiced | rejoice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 26 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 25 rejoiced | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 told | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 told | cc |
| 29 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 saw | conj |
| 30 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 told | iobj |
| 31 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 34 sought | advmod |
| 32 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 sought | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 sought | aux |
| 34 | sought | seek | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 told | ccomp |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 sought | obj |
| 36 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 34 sought | advmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | princes = prince | fox's youngest brother | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | follow | gerund | the beasts | fox | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | princes = prince | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a | past | town | princes's own prince | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | rejoice | past | princes = prince | greatly property | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 6 | tell speech: assert | past | princes = prince not said here | fox | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | seek | past · perfect | princes = prince | fox | everywhere property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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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