The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 27

It was not until he had sought vainly for the imaginary monster that he realised that this was the Princess herself, and by that time he was deeply in love with her, for indeed it would have been hard to find anyone prettier than Potentilla, as she sat by the brook, weaving a garland of blue forget-me-nots to crown her waving golden locks, or to imagine anything more gentle than the way she tended all the birds and beasts who inhabited her small kingdom, and who all loved and followed her.

Who acts: Narcissus, this, Princess, beasts · What happens: not be, realise, be, have, find, sit · To what, where: wall, Princess, love, anyone, garland, me

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, this, Princess, beasts), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sought	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sought	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 sought	advmod
4	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 sought	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sought	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sought	aux
7	sought	seek	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	vainly	vainly	ADV	_	7 sought	advmod
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 monster	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 monster	det
11	imaginary	imaginary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 monster	amod
12	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sought	obl
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 realised	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 realised	nsubj
15	realised	realise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sought	advcl
16	that	that	SCONJ	_	21 herself	mark
17	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	21 herself	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 herself	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 herself	det
20	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 herself	nsubj
21	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	15 realised	advcl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 love	punct
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 love	cc
24	by	by	ADP	_	26 time	case
25	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 time	det
26	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 love	obl
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 love	nsubj
28	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 love	cop
29	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	31 love	advmod
30	in	in	ADP	_	31 love	case
31	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 realised	obl
32	with	with	ADP	_	33 her	case
33	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 love	nmod
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 would	punct
35	for	for	SCONJ	_	38 would	mark
36	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	38 would	advmod
37	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	38 would	nsubj
38	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 sought	conj
39	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	38 would	xcomp
40	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	41 hard	cop
41	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	39 have	xcomp
42	to	to	PART	_	43 find	mark
43	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	41 hard	advcl
44	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	43 find	obj
45	prettier	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	44 anyone	amod
46	than	than	ADP	_	47 Potentilla	case
47	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 prettier	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 sat	punct
49	as	as	SCONJ	_	51 sat	mark
50	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	51 sat	nsubj
51	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 find	advcl
52	by	by	ADP	_	54 brook	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 brook	det
54	brook	brook	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 sat	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 weaving	punct
56	weaving	weave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	51 sat	advcl
57	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	58 garland	det
58	garland	garland	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 weaving	obj
59	of	of	ADP	_	60 blue	case
60	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	58 garland	nmod
61	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 weaving	advcl
62	-	-	PUNCT	_	63 me	punct
63	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	61 forget	obj
64	-	-	PUNCT	_	63 me	punct
65	nots	not	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 forget	obj
66	to	to	PART	_	67 crown	mark
67	crown	crown	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 forget	advcl
68	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 crown	obj
69	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	67 crown	advcl
70	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 locks	amod
71	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	69 waving	obj
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	75 imagine	punct
73	or	or	CCONJ	_	75 imagine	cc
74	to	to	PART	_	75 imagine	mark
75	imagine	imagine	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 sat	conj
76	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	75 imagine	obj
77	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	78 gentle	advmod
78	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	75 imagine	xcomp
79	than	than	ADP	_	81 way	case
80	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 way	det
81	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 gentle	obl
82	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 tended	nsubj
83	tended	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 way	acl:relcl
84	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	86 birds	det:predet
85	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 birds	det
86	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	83 tended	obj
87	and	and	CCONJ	_	88 beasts	cc
88	beasts	beast	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 birds	conj
89	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	90 inhabited	nsubj
90	inhabited	inhabit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	88 beasts	acl:relcl
91	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	93 kingdom	nmod:poss
92	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	93 kingdom	amod
93	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 inhabited	obj
94	,	,	PUNCT	_	98 loved	punct
95	and	and	CCONJ	_	98 loved	cc
96	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	98 loved	nsubj
97	all	all	ADV	_	98 loved	advmod
98	loved	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 sat	parataxis
99	and	and	CCONJ	_	100 followed	cc
100	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	98 loved	conj
101	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	100 followed	obj
102	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 sought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	past · perfect · passive		wall			for the imaginary monster; seek, vainly property	tree rules
2	realise	past	Narcissus					tree rules
3	is a	past	this	Princess				tree rules
4	is	past	Narcissus		love	time	with Princess; deeply property	tree rules
5	have	infinitive						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
6	is	participle					hard property	tree rules
7	find	to-infinitive		anyone				vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Topic
8	sit	past	Princess				by the brook	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by brook=Location
9	weave	gerund	Princess not said here	a garland of blue				vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent garland=Product
10	forget	infinitive	Princess not said here	me				tree rules
11	crown	to-infinitive	Princess not said here	Princess				vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
12	wave	gerund	Princess not said here	golden locks				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lock=Patient
13	imagine	to-infinitive	Princess not said here	anything			gentle property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot anything=Theme
14	tend	past	Princess	all birds and beasts				vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
15	inhabit	past	beasts	Princess's small kingdom				tree rules
16	love	past					all property	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer
17	follow	past		Princess				vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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