The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 136
At any rate, she was now all eagerness to see the mysterious stranger, and hastily throwing on her royal mantle, popped her second-best diamond crown over her night-cap, put a liberal dab of rouge upon each cheek, and holding up her largest fan before her nose--for she was not used to appearing in broad daylight--she went mincing into the great hall.
Who acts: Queen · What happens: be, see, throw, pop, put, hold up · To what, where: eagerness, rate, mysterious stranger, royal mantle, second best diamond crown, night cap
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 (Queen), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 3 rate | case |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 rate | det |
| 3 | rate | rate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 eagerness | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 rate | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 eagerness | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 eagerness | cop |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 eagerness | advmod |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 eagerness | det |
| 9 | eagerness | eagerness | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 see | mark |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 eagerness | acl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 stranger | det |
| 13 | mysterious | mysterious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 stranger | amod |
| 14 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 see | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 popped | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 popped | cc |
| 17 | hastily | hastily | ADV | _ | 18 throwing | advmod |
| 18 | throwing | throw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 popped | advcl |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 mantle | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 mantle | nmod:poss |
| 21 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 mantle | amod |
| 22 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 throwing | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 throwing | punct |
| 24 | popped | pop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 eagerness | conj |
| 25 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 crown | nmod:poss |
| 26 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 30 crown | amod |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 second | punct |
| 28 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 30 crown | amod |
| 29 | diamond | diamond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 crown | compound |
| 30 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 popped | obj |
| 31 | over | over | ADP | _ | 35 cap | case |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 cap | nmod:poss |
| 33 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 cap | compound |
| 34 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 33 night | punct |
| 35 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 popped | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 put | punct |
| 37 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 eagerness | conj |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 dab | det |
| 39 | liberal | liberal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 dab | amod |
| 40 | dab | dab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 put | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 rouge | case |
| 42 | rouge | rouge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 dab | nmod |
| 43 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 45 cheek | case |
| 44 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 cheek | det |
| 45 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 put | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 holding | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 holding | cc |
| 48 | holding | hold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 37 put | advcl |
| 49 | up | up | ADP | _ | 48 holding | compound:prt |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 fan | nmod:poss |
| 51 | largest | large | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 52 fan | amod |
| 52 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 holding | obj |
| 53 | before | before | ADP | _ | 55 nose | case |
| 54 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 nose | nmod:poss |
| 55 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 holding | obl |
| 56 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 61 used | punct |
| 57 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 61 used | mark |
| 58 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 used | nsubj |
| 59 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 used | aux:pass |
| 60 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 61 used | advmod |
| 61 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 holding | parataxis |
| 62 | to | to | PART | _ | 63 appearing | mark |
| 63 | appearing | appear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 61 used | advcl |
| 64 | in | in | ADP | _ | 66 daylight | case |
| 65 | broad | broad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 66 daylight | amod |
| 66 | daylight | daylight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 appearing | obl |
| 67 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 69 went | punct |
| 68 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 69 went | nsubj |
| 69 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 61 used | conj |
| 70 | mincing | mince | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 69 went | xcomp |
| 71 | into | into | ADP | _ | 74 hall | case |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 74 hall | det |
| 73 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 74 hall | amod |
| 74 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 mincing | obl |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 eagerness | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Queen | all eagerness | any rate | now | tree rules | ||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | the mysterious stranger | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | throw | gerund | Queen's royal mantle | hastily property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on mantle=Destination | ||||
| 4 | pop | past | Queen not said here | Queen's second best diamond crown | Queen's night cap | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Patient | |||
| 5 | put | infinitive | Queen not said here | a liberal dab of rouge | each cheek | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent dab=Theme upon cheek=Destination | |||
| 6 | hold up | gerund | Queen not said here | Queen's largest fan | before Queen's nose | vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot fan=Theme | |||
| 7 | not use | past · passive | Queen | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 8 | appear | gerund | broad daylight | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in daylight=Location | |||||
| 9 | go | past | Queen | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 10 | mince | gerund | Queen not said here | the great hall | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hall=Destination | ||||
| 11 | crown | Queen | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 12 | dab | rouge | nom dab «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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