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The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 35

Saradine willingly consented to this arrangement, and the old Fairy’s first care was to smooth away all the difficulties which surrounded the Princess, and lead her by the mossy path overhung with trees to the bower of the King and Queen, who still pursued their peaceful life in the valley.

Who acts: Saradine, first care, King, old Fairy · What happens: consent, be, surround, lead, overhang, pursue · To what, where: difficulties, Princess, mossy path, peaceful life, valley

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 (Saradine, first care, King, old Fairy), 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

nsubjadvmodcasedetoblpunctccdetamodnmod:posscaseamodnsubjcopmarkconjadvmoddet:predetdetobjnsubj:passacldetobjpunctccconjobjcasedetamodoblaclcaseobl:agentcasedetoblcasedetnmodccconjpunctnsubjadvmodacl:relclnmod:possamodobjcasedetoblpunctrootSaradinePROPNwillinglyADVconsentedVERBtoADPthisDETarrangementNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDEToldADJFairyPROPN’sPARTfirstADJcareNOUNwasAUXtoPARTsmoothVERBawayADVallDETtheDETdifficultiesNOUNwhichPRONsurroundedVERBtheDETPrincessNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJleadVERBherPRONbyADPtheDETmossyADJpathNOUNoverhungVERBwithADPtreesNOUNtoADPtheDETbowerNOUNofADPtheDETKingPROPNandCCONJQueenPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONstillADVpursuedVERBtheirPRONpeacefulADJlifeNOUNinADPtheDETvalleyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SaradineSaradinePROPNNumber=Sing3 consentednsubj
2willinglywillinglyADV_3 consentedadvmod
3consentedconsentVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4totoADP_6 arrangementcase
5thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 arrangementdet
6arrangementarrangementNOUNNumber=Sing3 consentedobl
7,,PUNCT_17 smoothpunct
8andandCCONJ_17 smoothcc
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 Fairydet
10oldoldADJDegree=Pos11 Fairyamod
11FairyFairyPROPNNumber=Sing14 carenmod:poss
12’s'sPART_11 Fairycase
13firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord14 careamod
14carecareNOUNNumber=Sing17 smoothnsubj
15wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 smoothcop
16totoPART_17 smoothmark
17smoothsmoothVERBVerbForm=Inf3 consentedconj
18awayawayADV_17 smoothadvmod
19allallDETPronType=Tot21 difficultiesdet:predet
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 difficultiesdet
21difficultiesdifficultyNOUNNumber=Plur17 smoothobj
22whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel23 surroundednsubj:pass
23surroundedsurroundVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 difficultiesacl
24thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art25 Princessdet
25PrincessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing23 surroundedobj
26,,PUNCT_28 leadpunct
27andandCCONJ_28 leadcc
28leadleadVERBVerbForm=Inf17 smoothconj
29hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs28 leadobj
30bybyADP_33 pathcase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 pathdet
32mossymossyADJDegree=Pos33 pathamod
33pathpathNOUNNumber=Sing28 leadobl
34overhungoverhangVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass33 pathacl
35withwithADP_36 treescase
36treestreeNOUNNumber=Plur34 overhungobl:agent
37totoADP_39 bowercase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 bowerdet
39bowerbowerNOUNNumber=Sing34 overhungobl
40ofofADP_42 Kingcase
41thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art42 Kingdet
42KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing39 bowernmod
43andandCCONJ_44 Queencc
44QueenQueenPROPNNumber=Sing42 Kingconj
45,,PUNCT_48 pursuedpunct
46whowhoPRONPronType=Rel48 pursuednsubj
47stillstillADV_48 pursuedadvmod
48pursuedpursueVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin42 Kingacl:relcl
49theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 lifenmod:poss
50peacefulpeacefulADJDegree=Pos51 lifeamod
51lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing48 pursuedobj
52ininADP_54 valleycase
53thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art54 valleydet
54valleyvalleyNOUNNumber=Sing48 pursuedobl
55..PUNCT_3 consentedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1consentpastSaradineto this arrangement; willingly propertyvn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to arrangement=Theme
2ispastthe old Fairy's first careaway, smooth propertytree rules
3surroundparticiple · passiveall difficultiestree rules
4leadinfinitivethe old Fairy's first care not said herePrincessby the mossy pathvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme by path=Destination
5overhangparticiplethe mossy path not said hereto the bower of the King and Queenvn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
6pursuepastthe King and QueenKing's peaceful lifethe valleystillvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent life=Theme in valley=Trajectory
7carethe old Fairynom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent

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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