The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 118
The King, who was listening at the top of the staircase, thought this was not very polite; however, he took counsel with his favourite huntsman, and, following his advice, presently went down to see what was wanted of him.
Who acts: King, this, Meantime · What happens: listen, think, not be, take, follow, go down · To what, where: counsel, advice · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, this, Meantime), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 listening | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 listening | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 listening | aux |
| 6 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 King | acl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 top | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 top | det |
| 9 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 listening | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 staircase | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 staircase | det |
| 12 | staircase | staircase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 top | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 King | punct |
| 14 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 polite | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 polite | cop |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 polite | advmod |
| 18 | very | very | ADV | _ | 19 polite | advmod |
| 19 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 thought | ccomp |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 took | punct |
| 21 | however | however | ADV | _ | 24 took | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 however | punct |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 took | nsubj |
| 24 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 thought | parataxis |
| 25 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 took | obj |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 huntsman | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 huntsman | nmod:poss |
| 28 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 huntsman | amod |
| 29 | huntsman | huntsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 took | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 following | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 following | cc |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 following | punct |
| 33 | following | follow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 took | advcl |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 advice | nmod:poss |
| 35 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 following | obj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 went | punct |
| 37 | presently | presently | ADV | _ | 38 went | advmod |
| 38 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 took | conj |
| 39 | down | down | ADV | _ | 38 went | advmod |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 see | mark |
| 41 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 38 went | xcomp |
| 42 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 44 wanted | nsubj:pass |
| 43 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 wanted | aux:pass |
| 44 | wanted | want | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 see | ccomp |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 him | case |
| 46 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 wanted | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | past · progressive | the King | at the top of the staircase | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at top=Theme | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | the King | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not is | past | this | polite property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | take | past | Meantime | counsel | with Meantime's favourite huntsman; however property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | |||
| 5 | follow | gerund | Meantime not said here | Meantime's advice | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme | ||||
| 6 | go down | past | Meantime not said here | down, presently property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | see | to-infinitive | Meantime not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 8 | want | past · passive | of Meantime | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=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 Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Project Gutenberg book 7277 (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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