The Violet Fairy Book, The Three Princes and Their Beasts (lithuanian Fairy Tale), sentence 66
And as he waited with his beasts round him a great procession came along, accompanying the unfortunate princess: and when the shore was reached all the people left her, and returned sadly to their houses.
Who acts: dragon, great procession, people · What happens: wait, come along, accompany, reach, leave, return · To what, where: unfortunate princess, shore, princess
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 (dragon, great procession, people), 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 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 waited | cc |
| 2 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 4 waited | mark |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 waited | nsubj |
| 4 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 beasts | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 beasts | nmod:poss |
| 7 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 waited | obl |
| 8 | round | round | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 waited | obl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 procession | det |
| 11 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 procession | amod |
| 12 | procession | procession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 came | nsubj |
| 13 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | conj |
| 14 | along | along | ADV | _ | 13 came | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 accompanying | punct |
| 16 | accompanying | accompany | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 came | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 princess | det |
| 18 | unfortunate | unfortunate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 princess | amod |
| 19 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 accompanying | obj |
| 20 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 reached | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 reached | cc |
| 22 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 26 reached | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 shore | det |
| 24 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 reached | nsubj:pass |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 reached | aux:pass |
| 26 | reached | reach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 waited | conj |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 people | det:predet |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 people | det |
| 29 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 left | nsubj |
| 30 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 reached | parataxis |
| 31 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 left | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 returned | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 returned | cc |
| 34 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | conj |
| 35 | sadly | sadly | ADV | _ | 34 returned | advmod |
| 36 | to | to | ADP | _ | 38 houses | case |
| 37 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 houses | nmod:poss |
| 38 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 returned | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 waited | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | dragon | with dragon's beasts; round king | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | come along | past | a great procession | along property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | accompany | gerund | a great procession not said here | the unfortunate princess | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | ||||
| 4 | reach | past · passive | the shore | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 5 | leave | past | all people | princess | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 6 | return | past | dragon not said here | to people's houses result; sadly property | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to house=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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