The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 18, sentence 118
In due time the young prince was christened and his godmother was a princess who was known far and wide for her wisdom and kindness, and everyone called her “the good queen.”
Who acts: godmother, everyone · What happens: christen, be, know, call · To what, where: young prince, princess · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 18. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (godmother, everyone), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | due | due | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 time | amod |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 christened | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 5 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 prince | amod |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 christened | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 christened | aux:pass |
| 8 | christened | christen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 princess | cc |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 godmother | nmod:poss |
| 11 | godmother | godmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 princess | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 princess | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 princess | det |
| 14 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 christened | conj |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 known | nsubj:pass |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 known | aux:pass |
| 17 | known | know | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 princess | acl:relcl |
| 18 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 17 known | advmod |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 wide | cc |
| 20 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 far | conj |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 23 wisdom | case |
| 22 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 wisdom | nmod:poss |
| 23 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 known | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 kindness | cc |
| 25 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 wisdom | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 called | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 called | cc |
| 28 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 29 called | nsubj |
| 29 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 christened | conj |
| 30 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 called | obj |
| 31 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 queen | punct |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 queen | det |
| 33 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 queen | amod |
| 34 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 called | xcomp |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 christened | punct |
| 36 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 christened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | christen | past · passive | the young prince | time | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | prince's godmother | a princess | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | know | past · passive | a princess | for princess's wisdom and kindness; far property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | call | past | everyone | princess | the good queen xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
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 Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (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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