The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 77

So saying, he drew a whistle from his pocket, and no sooner had he blown it than the Princess saw the water of the river bubble and grow muddy, and in another instant up came hundreds of thousands of great oysters, who climbed slowly and laboriously towards her and laid at her feet all the pearls they contained.

Who acts: Grumedan, Princess, instant, great oysters, hundreds · What happens: say, draw, blow, see, grow, come · To what, where: whistle, pocket, water, hundreds, pearls, feet · 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 (Grumedan, Princess, instant, great oysters), 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	So	so	ADV	_	2 saying	advmod
2	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 drew	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 saying	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 drew	nsubj
5	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 whistle	det
7	whistle	whistle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drew	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 pocket	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 pocket	nmod:poss
10	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 drew	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 blown	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 blown	cc
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 sooner	det
14	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	17 blown	advmod
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 blown	aux
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 blown	nsubj
17	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 drew	conj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 blown	obj
19	than	than	SCONJ	_	22 saw	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Princess	det
21	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 saw	nsubj
22	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 blown	advcl
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 water	det
24	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 saw	obj
25	of	of	ADP	_	28 bubble	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 bubble	det
27	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 bubble	compound
28	bubble	bubble	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 water	nmod
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	30 grow	cc
30	grow	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 saw	conj
31	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 grow	xcomp
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 came	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	38 came	cc
34	in	in	ADP	_	36 instant	case
35	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	36 instant	det
36	instant	instant	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 came	nsubj
37	up	up	ADP	_	36 instant	compound:prt
38	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 drew	conj
39	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	Number=Plur	38 came	obj
40	of	of	ADP	_	41 thousands	case
41	thousands	thousand	NOUN	Number=Plur	39 hundreds	nmod
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 oysters	case
43	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 oysters	amod
44	oysters	oyster	NOUN	Number=Plur	41 thousands	nmod
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 climbed	punct
46	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 climbed	nsubj
47	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 oysters	acl:relcl
48	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	47 climbed	advmod
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	50 laboriously	cc
50	laboriously	laboriously	ADV	_	48 slowly	conj
51	towards	towards	ADP	_	52 her	case
52	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 climbed	obl
53	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 laid	cc
54	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 climbed	conj
55	at	at	ADP	_	57 feet	case
56	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 feet	nmod:poss
57	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 laid	obl
58	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	60 pearls	det:predet
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 pearls	det
60	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 laid	obj
61	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	62 contained	nsubj
62	contained	contain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 pearls	acl:relcl
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 drew	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	Grumedan not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	draw	past	Grumedan	a whistle	Grumedan's pocket		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent whistle=Theme from pocket=Initial_Location
3	blow	past · perfect	Grumedan	whistle		soon property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	see	past	the Princess	the water of the river bubble			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer water=Stimulus
5	grow	present	the Princess not said here			muddy property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	come	past	another instant	hundreds of thousands of great oysters			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hundred=Theme
7	climb	past	great oysters			towards instant; slowly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards she=Destination
8	lay	past	great oysters not said here	all pearls	instant's feet		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme at foot=Destination
9	contain	past	hundreds = hundred	all pearls not said here			vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot pearl=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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