The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 157

One day, as he paced sadly to and fro, he thought he heard a voice he knew calling to him, and sure enough there was the faithful Philomel, Potentilla’s favourite, who told him all that had passed, and how the sleeping Princess had been carried off by the Lion to the great grief of all her four-footed and feathered subjects, and how, not knowing what to do, he had wandered about until he heard the swallows telling one another of the Prince who was in their airy castle and had come to see if it could be Narcissus.

Who acts: Narcissus, faithful Philomel, favourite, that, Lion, swallows · What happens: pace, fro, think, hear, know, call · To what, where: One day, voice, Narcissus, great grief, swallows, one · 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 (Narcissus, faithful Philomel, favourite, that), 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	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 day	nummod
2	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thought	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 paced	punct
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 paced	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 paced	nsubj
6	paced	pace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 day	acl:relcl
7	sadly	sadly	ADV	_	6 paced	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	7 sadly	fixed
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fro	cc
10	fro	fro	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 paced	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 day	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 thought	nsubj
13	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 heard	nsubj
15	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 thought	ccomp
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 voice	det
17	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 heard	obj
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 knew	nsubj
19	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 voice	acl:relcl
20	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 knew	xcomp
21	to	to	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 calling	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 sure	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 sure	cc
25	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thought	conj
26	enough	enough	ADV	_	25 sure	advmod
27	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	28 was	expl
28	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 sure	ccomp
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 Philomel	det
30	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 Philomel	amod
31	Philomel	Philomel	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 was	nsubj
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 favourite	punct
33	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 favourite	nmod:poss
34	’s	's	PART	_	33 Potentilla	case
35	favourite	favourite	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 Philomel	appos
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 told	punct
37	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	38 told	nsubj
38	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	35 favourite	acl:relcl
39	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 told	iobj
40	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	43 passed	det:predet
41	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	43 passed	nsubj
42	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 passed	aux
43	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	38 told	ccomp
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 carried	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	52 carried	cc
46	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	52 carried	advmod
47	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 carried	det
48	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 carried	nsubj:pass
49	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 carried	nsubj:pass
50	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 carried	aux
51	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	52 carried	aux:pass
52	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 thought	parataxis
53	off	off	ADP	_	52 carried	compound:prt
54	by	by	ADP	_	56 Lion	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 Lion	det
56	Lion	Lion	PROPN	Number=Sing	52 carried	obl
57	to	to	ADP	_	60 grief	case
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 grief	det
59	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 grief	amod
60	grief	grief	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 carried	obl
61	of	of	ADP	_	69 subjects	case
62	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	69 subjects	det:predet
63	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 subjects	nmod:poss
64	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	66 footed	nummod
65	-	-	PUNCT	_	64 four	punct
66	footed	footed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	69 subjects	amod
67	and	and	CCONJ	_	68 feathered	cc
68	feathered	feathered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 footed	conj
69	subjects	subject	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 grief	nmod
70	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 knowing	punct
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 knowing	cc
72	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	75 knowing	advmod
73	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 knowing	punct
74	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	75 knowing	advmod
75	knowing	know	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	52 carried	advcl
76	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	78 do	obj
77	to	to	PART	_	78 do	mark
78	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	75 knowing	xcomp
79	,	,	PUNCT	_	82 wandered	punct
80	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	82 wandered	nsubj
81	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 wandered	aux
82	wandered	wander	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	52 carried	conj
83	about	about	ADV	_	82 wandered	advmod
84	until	until	SCONJ	_	86 heard	mark
85	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	86 heard	nsubj
86	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	82 wandered	advcl
87	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	88 swallows	det
88	swallows	swallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 heard	obj
89	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	86 heard	xcomp
90	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	89 telling	obj
91	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	100 castle	det
92	of	of	ADP	_	94 Prince	case
93	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	94 Prince	det
94	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	100 castle	obl
95	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	100 castle	nsubj
96	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	100 castle	cop
97	in	in	ADP	_	100 castle	case
98	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	100 castle	nmod:poss
99	airy	airy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	100 castle	amod
100	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 telling	obj
101	and	and	CCONJ	_	103 come	cc
102	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	103 come	aux
103	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	86 heard	conj
104	to	to	PART	_	105 see	mark
105	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	103 come	xcomp
106	if	if	SCONJ	_	110 Narcissus	mark
107	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	110 Narcissus	nsubj
108	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	110 Narcissus	aux
109	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	110 Narcissus	cop
110	Narcissus	Narcissus	PROPN	Number=Sing	105 see	obl
111	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 thought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pace	past	Narcissus	One day not said here				sadly property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location day=Theme
2	fro	infinitive	Narcissus not said here						tree rules
3	think speech: other	past	Narcissus				day		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	hear	past	Narcissus	a voice					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus
5	know	past	Narcissus	a voice not said here					tree rules
6	call	gerund	Narcissus not said here		Narcissus				vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to he=Recipient
7	be	past	the faithful Philomel			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
8	tell speech: assert	past	Potentilla's favourite		Narcissus				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
9	pass	past · perfect	that						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	sleep	gerund							vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
11	carry off	past · perfect · passive	the Lion			the great grief of Princess's footed subjects			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to grief=Destination
12	not know	gerund	the Lion not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
13	do	to-infinitive	the Lion not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
14	wander	past · perfect	Narcissus					about property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
15	hear	past	Narcissus	the swallows					tree rules
16	tell speech: assert	gerund	the swallows not said here	one					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient
17	is	past				swallows's airy castle		of the Prince	tree rules
18	come	past · perfect	Narcissus not said here						tree rules
19	see	to-infinitive	Narcissus not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
20	is a a condition, not said to happen	could	Philomel	Narcissus					tree rules

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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