The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 24

Before long, of course, he heard the story about the Princess Potentilla, and, as it had by that time been repeated many times, and had been added to here and there, she was represented as such a monster of ugliness that he was really quite curious to see her, and resolved to avail himself of the magic power of his ring to accomplish his design.

Who acts: Narcissus · What happens: hear, repeat, add, represent, be, see · To what, where: story, that, Potentilla, Narcissus, design

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), 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	Before	before	ADP	_	2 long	case
2	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 heard	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 of	punct
4	of	of	ADP	_	2 long	obl
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 of	fixed
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 long	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 heard	nsubj
8	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 story	det
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 heard	obj
11	about	about	ADP	_	14 Potentilla	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Potentilla	det
13	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 Potentilla	compound
14	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 story	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 added	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 added	cc
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 and	punct
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 had	mark
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 had	nsubj
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 added	aux
21	by	by	SCONJ	_	25 repeated	mark
22	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	25 repeated	nsubj:pass
23	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 repeated	nsubj:pass
24	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	25 repeated	aux:pass
25	repeated	repeat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 had	xcomp
26	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 times	amod
27	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 repeated	obl:unmarked
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 added	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 added	cc
30	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 added	aux
31	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	32 added	aux:pass
32	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 heard	conj
33	to	to	ADP	_	34 here	case
34	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	32 added	obl
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 there	cc
36	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	34 here	conj
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 represented	punct
38	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 represented	nsubj
39	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 represented	aux:pass
40	represented	represent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	32 added	conj
41	as	as	ADP	_	44 monster	case
42	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	44 monster	det:predet
43	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	44 monster	det
44	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 represented	obl
45	of	of	ADP	_	46 ugliness	case
46	ugliness	ugliness	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 monster	nmod
47	that	that	SCONJ	_	52 curious	mark
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	52 curious	nsubj
49	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 curious	cop
50	really	really	ADV	_	52 curious	advmod
51	quite	quite	ADV	_	52 curious	advmod
52	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 represented	advcl
53	to	to	PART	_	54 see	mark
54	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	52 curious	advcl
55	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	54 see	obj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 resolved	punct
57	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 resolved	cc
58	resolved	resolve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 heard	conj
59	to	to	PART	_	60 avail	mark
60	avail	avail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	58 resolved	xcomp
61	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	60 avail	obj
62	of	of	ADP	_	65 power	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	65 power	det
64	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	65 power	amod
65	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 avail	obl
66	of	of	ADP	_	68 ring	case
67	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	68 ring	nmod:poss
68	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 power	nmod
69	to	to	PART	_	70 accomplish	mark
70	accomplish	accomplish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	60 avail	advcl
71	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	72 design	nmod:poss
72	design	design	NOUN	Number=Sing	70 accomplish	obj
73	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 heard	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	Narcissus	the story	before long	about the Princess Potentilla	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer story=Stimulus
2	repeat	participle · passive		that	time		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	add speech: assert	past · perfect · passive	Narcissus not said here				vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: to here=Co-Patient
4	represent	past · passive		Potentilla		as such monster of ugliness	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as monster=Attribute
5	is	past	Narcissus			curious property	tree rules
6	see	to-infinitive	Narcissus not said here	Potentilla			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
7	resolve	past	Narcissus not said here				tree rules
8	avail	to-infinitive	Narcissus not said here	Narcissus		of the magic power of Narcissus's ring	tree rules
9	accomplish	to-infinitive	Narcissus not said here	Narcissus's design			vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent design=Eventuality
10	design		Narcissus				nom design «act transitive»: poss=agent

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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