The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 36
They were immensely surprised at her appearance, but her charming face, and the deplorably ragged condition to which the thorns and briers had reduced her once elegant attire, speedily won their compassion; they recognised her as a companion in misfortune, and the Queen welcomed her heartily, and begged her to share their simple repast.
Who acts: thorns, difficulties, Queen · What happens: surprise, reduce, win, recognise, welcome, beg · To what, where: difficulties, appearance, Princess, ragged condition, compassion, heartily
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 (thorns, difficulties, Queen), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 surprised | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 surprised | aux:pass |
| 3 | immensely | immensely | ADV | _ | 4 surprised | advmod |
| 4 | surprised | surprise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 appearance | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 7 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surprised | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 face | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 face | cc |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 face | nmod:poss |
| 11 | charming | charming | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 face | amod |
| 12 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surprised | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 condition | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 condition | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 condition | det |
| 16 | deplorably | deplorably | ADV | _ | 17 ragged | advmod |
| 17 | ragged | ragged | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 condition | amod |
| 18 | condition | condition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surprised | parataxis |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 which | case |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 reduced | obl |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 thorns | det |
| 22 | thorns | thorn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 reduced | nsubj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 briers | cc |
| 24 | briers | brier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 thorns | conj |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 reduced | aux |
| 26 | reduced | reduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 condition | parataxis |
| 27 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 reduced | obj |
| 28 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 29 elegant | advmod |
| 29 | elegant | elegant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 attire | amod |
| 30 | attire | attire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 reduced | obl:unmarked |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 won | punct |
| 32 | speedily | speedily | ADV | _ | 33 won | advmod |
| 33 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 reduced | conj |
| 34 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 compassion | nmod:poss |
| 35 | compassion | compassion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 won | obj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 recognised | punct |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 recognised | nsubj |
| 38 | recognised | recognise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 surprised | parataxis |
| 39 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 recognised | obj |
| 40 | as | as | ADP | _ | 42 companion | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 companion | det |
| 42 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 recognised | obl |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 44 misfortune | case |
| 44 | misfortune | misfortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 companion | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 welcomed | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 welcomed | cc |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Queen | det |
| 48 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 welcomed | nsubj |
| 49 | welcomed | welcome | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 recognised | conj |
| 50 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 heartily | nmod:poss |
| 51 | heartily | heartily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 welcomed | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 begged | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 begged | cc |
| 54 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 recognised | conj |
| 55 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 begged | obj |
| 56 | to | to | PART | _ | 57 share | mark |
| 57 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 begged | xcomp |
| 58 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 60 repast | nmod:poss |
| 59 | simple | simple | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 repast | amod |
| 60 | repast | repast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 share | obj |
| 61 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 surprised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surprise | past · passive | difficulties = difficulty | Princess's appearance | Princess's charming face obl; immensely property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | reduce | past · perfect | the thorns and briers | Princess | the ragged condition | elegant attire obl:unmarked | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer she=Patient to which=Goal | ||
| 3 | win | past | the thorns and briers not said here | difficulties's compassion | speedily property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent compassion=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | recognise | past | difficulties = difficulty | Princess | as a companion in misfortune | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus as companion=Attribute | |||
| 5 | welcome | past | the Queen | Queen's heartily | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heartily=Theme | ||||
| 6 | beg speech: request | past | difficulties = difficulty not said here | Princess | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | share not said to happen | to-infinitive | difficulties = difficulty not said here | difficulties's simple repast | tree rules |
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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