The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 93

After this the Prince again asked the aid of his friends the birds, and when they had assembled from all the country round he tied about the neck of each one a tiny lamp of some brilliant colour, and when darkness fell he made them go through a hundred pretty tricks before the delighted Potentilla, who clapped her little hands with delight when she saw her own name traced in points of light against the dark trees, or when the whole flock of sparks grouped themselves into bouquets of different colours, like living flowers.

Who acts: Prince, darkness, birds, delighted Potentilla, Potentilla, whole flock · What happens: ask, assemble, tie, fall, make, go · To what, where: aid, birds, country, hundred pretty tricks, little hands, own name

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 (Prince, darkness, birds, delighted Potentilla), 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	After	after	ADP	_	2 this	case
2	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 Prince	obl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Prince	det
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 asked	nsubj
5	again	again	ADV	_	6 asked	advmod
6	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 aid	det
8	aid	aid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 asked	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 friends	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 friends	nmod:poss
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 aid	nmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 birds	det
13	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 friends	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 assembled	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 assembled	cc
16	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	19 assembled	advmod
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 assembled	nsubj:pass
18	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 assembled	aux
19	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 asked	conj
20	from	from	ADP	_	23 country	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 country	det:predet
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 country	det
23	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 assembled	obl
24	round	round	ADP	_	26 tied	mark
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 tied	nsubj
26	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 assembled	advcl
27	about	about	ADP	_	29 neck	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 neck	det
29	neck	neck	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 tied	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	32 one	case
31	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	32 one	det
32	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 neck	nmod
33	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 lamp	det
34	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 lamp	amod
35	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 one	appos
36	of	of	ADP	_	39 colour	case
37	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	39 colour	det
38	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 colour	amod
39	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 lamp	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 made	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	46 made	cc
42	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	44 fell	advmod
43	darkness	darkness	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 fell	nsubj
44	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 made	advcl
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 made	nsubj
46	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 asked	conj
47	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 made	obj
48	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 made	xcomp
49	through	through	ADP	_	53 tricks	case
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 hundred	det
51	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	53 tricks	nummod
52	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	53 tricks	amod
53	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	48 go	obl
54	before	before	ADP	_	57 Potentilla	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 Potentilla	det
56	delighted	delighted	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 Potentilla	amod
57	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 go	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 clapped	punct
59	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	60 clapped	nsubj
60	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	57 Potentilla	acl:relcl
61	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	63 hands	nmod:poss
62	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	63 hands	amod
63	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	60 clapped	obj
64	with	with	ADP	_	65 delight	case
65	delight	delight	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 clapped	obl
66	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	68 saw	advmod
67	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	68 saw	nsubj
68	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 clapped	advcl
69	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	71 name	nmod:poss
70	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	71 name	amod
71	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 saw	obj
72	traced	trace	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 name	acl
73	in	in	ADP	_	74 points	case
74	points	point	NOUN	Number=Plur	72 traced	obl
75	of	of	ADP	_	76 light	case
76	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	74 points	nmod
77	against	against	ADP	_	80 trees	case
78	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	80 trees	det
79	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	80 trees	amod
80	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	76 light	nmod
81	,	,	PUNCT	_	89 grouped	punct
82	or	or	CCONJ	_	89 grouped	cc
83	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	89 grouped	advmod
84	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	86 flock	det
85	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	86 flock	amod
86	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	89 grouped	nsubj
87	of	of	ADP	_	88 sparks	case
88	sparks	spark	NOUN	Number=Plur	86 flock	nmod
89	grouped	group	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	60 clapped	conj
90	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	89 grouped	obj
91	into	into	ADP	_	92 bouquets	case
92	bouquets	bouquet	NOUN	Number=Plur	89 grouped	obl
93	of	of	ADP	_	95 colours	case
94	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	95 colours	amod
95	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	92 bouquets	nmod
96	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 flowers	punct
97	like	like	ADP	_	99 flowers	case
98	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	99 flowers	amod
99	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	95 colours	conj
100	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 asked	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	the Prince	the aid of Prince's friends and the birds		again		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent aid=Recipient
2	assemble	past · perfect · passive		birds = bird	all country			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: subject=Product from country=Material
3	tie	past	Prince				about the neck of each one	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	fall	past	darkness					vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	make	past	darkness	birds = bird				tree rules
6	go	infinitive	birds = bird not said here		hundred pretty tricks	before the delighted Potentilla		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through trick=Initial_Location
7	clap	past	the delighted Potentilla	Potentilla's little hands			with delight	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme
8	see	past	Potentilla	Potentilla's own name				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
9	trace	participle		Potentilla's own name not said here	points of light against the dark trees			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in point=Destination
10	group	past	the whole flock of sparks	birds = bird			into bouquets of different colours and living flowers goal	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme into bouquet=Goal
11	live	gerund						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
12	name		Potentilla					nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent
13	point			light against the dark trees				nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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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