The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 30

But he forgot that to go back absent, and dreamy, and indifferent, when he had before been gay and ardent about everything, was the surest way of awakening suspicion; and when, in response to the jesting questions which were put to him upon the subject, he only blushed and returned evasive answers, all the ladies were certain that he had lost his heart, and did their utmost to discover who was the happy possessor of it.

Who acts: absence, surest way, ladies · What happens: forget, not go back, be, awaken, put, blush · To what, where: surest way, suspicion, response, absence, subject, evasive answers

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 (absence, surest way, ladies), 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	But	but	CCONJ	_	3 forgot	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forgot	nsubj
3	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	ADV	_	3 forgot	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 go	mark
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forgot	xcomp
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 go	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dreamy	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 dreamy	cc
11	dreamy	dreamy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 forgot	parataxis
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 indifferent	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 indifferent	cc
14	indifferent	indifferent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dreamy	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 gay	punct
16	when	when	SCONJ	_	21 gay	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 gay	nsubj
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 gay	aux
19	before	before	ADV	_	21 gay	advmod
20	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	21 gay	cop
21	gay	gay	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 dreamy	parataxis
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 ardent	cc
23	ardent	ardent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 gay	conj
24	about	about	ADP	_	25 everything	case
25	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	23 ardent	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 way	punct
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	30 way	cop
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 way	det
29	surest	sure	ADJ	Degree=Sup	30 way	amod
30	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgot	parataxis
31	of	of	SCONJ	_	32 awakening	mark
32	awakening	awaken	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	30 way	acl
33	suspicion	suspicion	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 awakening	obj
34	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 when	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 when	cc
36	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 forgot	parataxis
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 response	punct
38	in	in	ADP	_	39 response	case
39	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgot	parataxis
40	to	to	ADP	_	43 questions	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 questions	det
42	jesting	jesting	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 questions	compound
43	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 response	nmod
44	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	46 put	nsubj:pass
45	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 put	aux:pass
46	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	39 response	acl
47	to	to	ADP	_	48 him	case
48	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 put	obl
49	upon	upon	ADP	_	51 subject	case
50	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 subject	det
51	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 put	obl
52	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 blushed	punct
53	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 blushed	nsubj
54	only	only	ADV	_	55 blushed	advmod
55	blushed	blush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 put	parataxis
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	57 returned	cc
57	returned	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 blushed	conj
58	evasive	evasive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 answers	amod
59	answers	answer	NOUN	Number=Plur	57 returned	obj
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 certain	punct
61	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	63 ladies	det:predet
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 ladies	det
63	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 certain	nsubj
64	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	65 certain	cop
65	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	55 blushed	conj
66	that	that	SCONJ	_	69 lost	mark
67	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	69 lost	nsubj
68	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	69 lost	aux
69	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	65 certain	advcl
70	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 heart	nmod:poss
71	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 lost	obj
72	,	,	PUNCT	_	74 did	punct
73	and	and	CCONJ	_	74 did	cc
74	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forgot	conj
75	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	76 utmost	nmod:poss
76	utmost	utmost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	74 did	xcomp
77	to	to	PART	_	78 discover	mark
78	discover	discover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	76 utmost	xcomp
79	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	83 possessor	nsubj
80	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	83 possessor	cop
81	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	83 possessor	det
82	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	83 possessor	amod
83	possessor	possessor	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 discover	ccomp
84	of	of	ADP	_	85 it	case
85	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	83 possessor	nmod
86	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forgot	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	forget	past	absence				that property	tree rules
2	not go back	to-infinitive	absence not said here				absent property	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient
3	is	past · perfect	absence				before, gay property	tree rules
4	be		absence not said here				about everything	tree rules
5	is a	past		the surest way				tree rules
6	awaken	gerund	the surest way not said here	suspicion				vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location suspicion=Theme
7	put	past · passive		response to the jesting questions	absence	the subject		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme upon subject=Destination
8	blush	past	absence					vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	return	past	absence not said here	evasive answers				vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme
10	is	past	all ladies				certain property	tree rules
11	lose	past · perfect	absence	absence's heart				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality
12	do	past	absence not said here				utmost property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
13	discover	to-infinitive	absence not said here					vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
14	is a	past		the happy possessor			of possessor	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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