The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 196
The Fairy of the Beech-Woods then informed the King and Queen that their subjects had chased King Bruin from the throne, and were waiting to welcome them back again; but they at once abdicated in favour of Prince Featherhead, declaring that nothing could induce them to forsake their peaceful life, and the Fairies undertook to see the Prince and Princess established in their beautiful kingdoms.
Who acts: Fairy, nothing, Fairies, Prince · What happens: inform, chase, wait, welcome back, abdicate, declare · To what, where: subjects, throne, favour, peaceful life, beautiful kingdoms, Prince Featherhead · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Fairy, nothing, Fairies, Prince), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fairy | det |
| 2 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 informed | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Woods | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Woods | det |
| 5 | Beech | Beech | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Woods | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 Beech | punct |
| 7 | Woods | Woods | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 Fairy | nmod |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 informed | advmod |
| 9 | informed | inform | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 informed | ccomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 Queen | cc |
| 13 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 King | conj |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 chased | mark |
| 15 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 16 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 chased | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 chased | aux |
| 18 | chased | chase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 informed | ccomp |
| 19 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Bruin | compound |
| 20 | Bruin | Bruin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 chased | obj |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 throne | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 throne | det |
| 23 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 chased | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 waiting | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 waiting | cc |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 waiting | aux |
| 27 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 informed | advcl |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 welcome | mark |
| 29 | welcome | welcome | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 waiting | advcl |
| 30 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 welcome | obj |
| 31 | back | back | ADV | _ | 29 welcome | advmod |
| 32 | again | again | ADV | _ | 29 welcome | advmod |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 abdicated | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 abdicated | cc |
| 35 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 abdicated | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | at | at | ADP | _ | 37 once | case |
| 37 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 38 abdicated | obl |
| 38 | abdicated | abdicate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 informed | parataxis |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 favour | case |
| 40 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 abdicated | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Featherhead | case |
| 42 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Featherhead | compound |
| 43 | Featherhead | featherhead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 favour | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 declaring | punct |
| 45 | declaring | declare | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 abdicated | advcl |
| 46 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 49 induce | mark |
| 47 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 49 induce | nsubj |
| 48 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 49 induce | aux |
| 49 | induce | induce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 declaring | xcomp |
| 50 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 49 induce | obj |
| 51 | to | to | PART | _ | 52 forsake | mark |
| 52 | forsake | forsake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 49 induce | xcomp |
| 53 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 life | nmod:poss |
| 54 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 life | amod |
| 55 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 forsake | obj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 undertook | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 60 undertook | cc |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 59 Fairies | det |
| 59 | Fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 undertook | nsubj |
| 60 | undertook | undertake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 abdicated | conj |
| 61 | to | to | PART | _ | 62 see | mark |
| 62 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 60 undertook | xcomp |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 Prince | det |
| 64 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 67 established | nsubj |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 66 Princess | cc |
| 66 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 64 Prince | conj |
| 67 | established | establish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 see | ccomp |
| 68 | in | in | ADP | _ | 71 kingdoms | case |
| 69 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 71 kingdoms | nmod:poss |
| 70 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 71 kingdoms | amod |
| 71 | kingdoms | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 67 established | obl |
| 72 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 informed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inform speech: other | past | the Fairy of the Beech Woods | then | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | chase | past · perfect · passive | King's subjects | the throne | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | wait | past · progressive | the Fairy of the Beech Woods not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | welcome back | to-infinitive | the Fairy of the Beech Woods not said here | subjects = subject | again | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 5 | abdicate | participle · passive | subjects = subject | favour of Prince Featherhead | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ||||
| 6 | declare speech: other | gerund | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | induce | could | nothing | subjects = subject | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 8 | forsake | to-infinitive | nothing not said here | subjects's peaceful life | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | undertake | past | the Fairies | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 10 | see | to-infinitive | the Fairies not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 11 | establish | past | the Prince and Princess | subjects's beautiful kingdoms | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 12 | favour | Prince Featherhead | nom favour «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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