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The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 3

The poor King, having no means of defending his kingdom, was forced to disguise himself with a false beard, and carrying his only son, the little Prince Featherhead, in his arms, and accompanied only by the Queen, to make the best of his way into the wild country.

Who acts: poor King · What happens: have, mean, defend, force, disguise, carry · To what, where: no, kingdom, consequence, only son, arms, best · 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 (poor King), 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

detamodnsubjpunctcsubjobjmarkccompnmod:possobjpunctaux:passparataxismarkxcompobjcasedetamodoblpunctccadvclnmod:possamodobjpunctdetamodcompoundappospunctcasenmod:possoblpunctccconjadvmodcasedetoblpunctmarkconjdetobjcasenmod:possoblcasedetamodoblpunctrootTheDETpoorADJKingPROPN,PUNCThavingVERBnoDETmeansVERBofSCONJdefendingVERBhisPRONkingdomNOUN,PUNCTwasAUXforcedVERBtoPARTdisguiseVERBhimselfPRONwithADPaDETfalseADJbeardNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJcarryingVERBhisPRONonlyADJsonNOUN,PUNCTtheDETlittleADJPrincePROPNFeatherheadNOUN,PUNCTinADPhisPRONarmsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJaccompaniedVERBonlyADVbyADPtheDETQueenPROPN,PUNCTtoPARTmakeVERBtheDETbestADJofADPhisPRONwayNOUNintoADPtheDETwildADJcountryNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Kingdet
2poorpoorADJDegree=Pos3 Kingamod
3KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing7 meansnsubj
4,,PUNCT_5 havingpunct
5havinghaveVERBVerbForm=Ger7 meanscsubj
6nonoDETPronType=Neg5 havingobj
7meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8ofofSCONJ_9 defendingmark
9defendingdefendVERBVerbForm=Ger7 meansccomp
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 kingdomnmod:poss
11kingdomkingdomNOUNNumber=Sing9 defendingobj
12,,PUNCT_14 forcedpunct
13wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 forcedaux:pass
14forcedforceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 meansparataxis
15totoPART_16 disguisemark
16disguisedisguiseVERBVerbForm=Inf14 forcedxcomp
17himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes16 disguiseobj
18withwithADP_21 beardcase
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 bearddet
20falsefalseADJDegree=Pos21 beardamod
21beardbeardNOUNNumber=Sing16 disguiseobl
22,,PUNCT_24 carryingpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 carryingcc
24carryingcarryVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 forcedadvcl
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs27 sonnmod:poss
26onlyonlyADJDegree=Pos27 sonamod
27sonsonNOUNNumber=Sing24 carryingobj
28,,PUNCT_32 Featherheadpunct
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 Featherheaddet
30littlelittleADJDegree=Pos32 Featherheadamod
31PrincePrincePROPNNumber=Sing32 Featherheadcompound
32FeatherheadfeatherheadNOUNNumber=Sing27 sonappos
33,,PUNCT_36 armspunct
34ininADP_36 armscase
35hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 armsnmod:poss
36armsarmNOUNNumber=Plur24 carryingobl
37,,PUNCT_39 accompaniedpunct
38andandCCONJ_39 accompaniedcc
39accompaniedaccompanyVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass14 forcedconj
40onlyonlyADV_39 accompaniedadvmod
41bybyADP_43 Queencase
42thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art43 Queendet
43QueenQueenPROPNNumber=Sing39 accompaniedobl
44,,PUNCT_46 makepunct
45totoPART_46 makemark
46makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf14 forcedconj
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art48 bestdet
48bestgoodADJDegree=Sup46 makeobj
49ofofADP_51 waycase
50hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 waynmod:poss
51waywayNOUNNumber=Sing48 bestobl
52intointoADP_55 countrycase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 countrydet
54wildwildADJDegree=Pos55 countryamod
55countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing46 makeobl
56..PUNCT_7 meanspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havegerundnovn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent no=Patient
2meanpresentthe poor Kingvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3defendgerundconsequence's kingdomvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Beneficiary
4forcepast · passivevn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: clause=Topic
5disguiseto-infinitiveconsequencewith a false beardvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Destination with beard=Theme
6carrygerundconsequence's only sonconsequence's armsvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent son=Value in arm=Location
7accompanyparticipleby the Queenvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by queen=Destination
8maketo-infinitivethe bestthe wild countryvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent good=Material into country=Product

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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