The Green Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, sentence 95

‘Oh! if you like fireworks, Princess,’ said he; and the next night all the will-o’-the-wisps in the country came and danced on the plain, which could be seen from the Princess’s windows, and as she was looking out, and rather enjoying the sight, up sprang a frightful volcano, pouring out smoke and flames which terrified her greatly, to the intense amusement of the Enchanter, who laughed like a pack of wolves quarrelling.

Who acts: you, Grumedan, wisps, Princess, smoke, intense amusement · What happens: like, say, come, dance, see, look out · To what, where: fireworks, country, plain, windows, sight, frightful volcano · 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 (you, Grumedan, wisps, Princess), 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	‘	'	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
2	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	6 like	discourse
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Oh	punct
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 like	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 like	nsubj
6	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 said	ccomp
7	fireworks	firework	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 like	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Princess	punct
9	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fireworks	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
11	’	'	PUNCT	_	6 like	punct
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	nsubj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	18 night	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 night	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 night	det
17	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 night	amod
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	obl:unmarked
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 o	det:predet
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 o	det
21	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	23 o	aux
22	-	-	PUNCT	_	23 o	punct
23	o	of	ADP	Abbr=Yes	18 night	conj
24	’	'	PUNCT	_	23 o	punct
25	-	-	PUNCT	_	28 wisps	punct
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 wisps	det
27	-	-	PUNCT	_	26 the	punct
28	wisps	wisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 ’	appos
29	in	in	ADP	_	31 country	case
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 country	det
31	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 came	obl
32	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 wisps	acl:relcl
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 danced	cc
34	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 came	conj
35	on	on	ADP	_	37 plain	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 plain	det
37	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 danced	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 seen	punct
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	42 seen	nsubj:pass
40	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 seen	aux
41	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	42 seen	aux:pass
42	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	37 plain	acl:relcl
43	from	from	ADP	_	47 windows	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 Princess	det
45	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 windows	nmod:poss
46	’s	's	PART	_	45 Princess	case
47	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 seen	obl
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	53 looking	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	53 looking	cc
50	as	as	SCONJ	_	53 looking	mark
51	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	53 looking	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 looking	aux
53	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	34 danced	advcl
54	out	out	ADP	_	53 looking	compound:prt
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 enjoying	punct
56	and	and	CCONJ	_	58 enjoying	cc
57	rather	rather	ADV	_	58 enjoying	advmod
58	enjoying	enjoy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	34 danced	advcl
59	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	60 sight	det
60	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 enjoying	obj
61	,	,	PUNCT	_	63 sprang	punct
62	up	up	ADV	_	63 sprang	advmod
63	sprang	spring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	58 enjoying	conj
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 volcano	det
65	frightful	frightful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 volcano	amod
66	volcano	volcano	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 sprang	obj
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	68 pouring	punct
68	pouring	pour	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 enjoying	conj
69	out	out	ADP	_	68 pouring	compound:prt
70	smoke	smoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 pouring	obj
71	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 flames	cc
72	flames	flame	NOUN	Number=Plur	70 smoke	conj
73	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	74 terrified	nsubj
74	terrified	terrify	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	70 smoke	acl:relcl
75	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	74 terrified	obj
76	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	74 terrified	advmod
77	,	,	PUNCT	_	81 amusement	punct
78	to	to	ADP	_	81 amusement	case
79	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	81 amusement	det
80	intense	intense	ADJ	Degree=Pos	81 amusement	amod
81	amusement	amusement	NOUN	Number=Sing	68 pouring	obl
82	of	of	ADP	_	84 Enchanter	case
83	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	84 Enchanter	det
84	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 amusement	nmod
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	87 laughed	punct
86	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	87 laughed	nsubj
87	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	81 amusement	conj
88	like	like	ADP	_	90 pack	case
89	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	90 pack	det
90	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 laughed	obl
91	of	of	ADP	_	93 quarrelling	case
92	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	93 quarrelling	compound
93	quarrelling	quarrelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	90 pack	nmod
94	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like a condition, not said to happen	present	you	fireworks				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot firework=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	Grumedan			night		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	come	past	the wisps not said here		the country			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location
4	dance	past	the wisps not said here		the plain			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on plain=Location
5	see	could · passive		the plain	the Princess's windows			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus
6	look out	past · progressive	Princess					vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
7	enjoy	gerund	the wisps not said here	the sight				vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sight=Stimulus
8	spring	past	the wisps not said here	a frightful volcano				vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location volcano=Theme
9	pour out	gerund	the wisps not said here	smoke and flames			to the intense amusement of the Enchanter	vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smoke=Patient
10	terrify	past	smoke and flames	Princess			greatly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
11	laugh	past	the intense amusement of the Enchanter				like a pack of wolves quarrelling	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	amuse			the Enchanter				nom amusement «feeling 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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