The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 153
Frivola, who had stood by, stiff with displeasure at the sight of the lovely Princess, now stepped forward, and with much pretended concern proposed to carry off Potentilla to her own apartments that she might enjoy the quiet she seemed to need.
Who acts: Frivola, Princess · What happens: stand, step forward, pretend, propose, carry off, enjoy · To what, where: sight, much pretended concern, Potentilla, own apartments, quiet, lovely Princess
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 (Frivola, Princess), 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 | Frivola | Frivola | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stood | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 stood | aux |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Frivola | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 stiff | case |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 by | punct |
| 8 | stiff | stiff | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stood | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 displeasure | case |
| 10 | displeasure | displeasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 sight | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sight | det |
| 13 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stood | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Princess | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Princess | det |
| 16 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 Princess | amod |
| 17 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 sight | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 stepped | punct |
| 19 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 stepped | advmod |
| 20 | stepped | step | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 stood | conj |
| 21 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 20 stepped | advmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 concern | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 concern | cc |
| 24 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 concern | case |
| 25 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 concern | amod |
| 26 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 concern | amod |
| 27 | concern | concern | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 stepped | obl |
| 28 | proposed | propose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 concern | acl |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 carry | mark |
| 30 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 proposed | xcomp |
| 31 | off | off | ADP | _ | 30 carry | compound:prt |
| 32 | Potentilla | potentilla | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 carry | obj |
| 33 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 apartments | case |
| 34 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 apartments | nmod:poss |
| 35 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 apartments | amod |
| 36 | apartments | apartment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 carry | obl |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 40 enjoy | mark |
| 38 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 enjoy | nsubj |
| 39 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 enjoy | aux |
| 40 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 carry | advcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 quiet | det |
| 42 | quiet | quiet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 enjoy | obj |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 seemed | nsubj |
| 44 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 quiet | acl:relcl |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 need | mark |
| 46 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 seemed | xcomp |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Frivola | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past · perfect | Frivola | the sight of the lovely Princess | by stiff; with displeasure | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by stiff=Location | |||
| 2 | step forward | participle | Frivola not said here | now | with much pretended concern; forward property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | pretend | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | propose | participle | much pretended concern not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | carry off | to-infinitive | Potentilla | Princess's own apartments | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent potentilla=Theme to apartment=Destination | ||||
| 6 | enjoy | might | Princess | the quiet | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quiet=Stimulus | ||||
| 7 | seem | past | Princess | the quiet not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | need | to-infinitive | Princess not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 9 | sight | the lovely Princess | nom sight «cognition 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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