The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 40
The King and Queen were only too delighted to have this charming Princess to supply the place of Prince Featherhead, whom they saw but seldom, since the Fairy had provided him with a palace in the neighbouring town, where he lived in the greatest luxury, and did nothing but amuse himself from morning to night.
Who acts: King, Fairy, Featherhead · What happens: be, have, charm, supply, see, provide · To what, where: charming Princess, place, Featherhead, greatest luxury, nothing
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 (King, Fairy, Featherhead), 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 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 delighted | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Queen | cc |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 King | conj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 delighted | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 delighted | advmod |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 delighted | advmod |
| 8 | delighted | delighted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 have | mark |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 delighted | advcl |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 Princess | det |
| 12 | charming | charm | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 Princess | amod |
| 13 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 have | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 supply | mark |
| 15 | supply | supply | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 Princess | acl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 place | det |
| 17 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 supply | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Featherhead | case |
| 19 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Featherhead | compound |
| 20 | Featherhead | featherhead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 place | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 saw | punct |
| 22 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 saw | obj |
| 23 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 saw | nsubj |
| 24 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 place | acl:relcl |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 provided | cc |
| 26 | seldom | seldom | ADV | _ | 32 provided | advmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 seldom | punct |
| 28 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 32 provided | mark |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Fairy | det |
| 30 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 provided | nsubj |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 provided | aux |
| 32 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 saw | conj |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 provided | iobj |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 palace | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 palace | det |
| 36 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 provided | obl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 town | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 town | det |
| 39 | neighbouring | neighbour | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 town | amod |
| 40 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 palace | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 lived | punct |
| 42 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 44 lived | advmod |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 lived | nsubj |
| 44 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 town | acl:relcl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 luxury | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 luxury | det |
| 47 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 48 luxury | amod |
| 48 | luxury | luxury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 lived | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 did | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 did | cc |
| 51 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 delighted | advcl |
| 52 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 51 did | obj |
| 53 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 54 amuse | cc |
| 54 | amuse | amuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 51 did | conj |
| 55 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 54 amuse | obj |
| 56 | from | from | ADP | _ | 57 morning | case |
| 57 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 amuse | obl |
| 58 | to | to | ADP | _ | 59 night | case |
| 59 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 amuse | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 delighted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the King and Queen | delighted property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | to-infinitive | the King and Queen not said here | this charming Princess | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | ||||
| 3 | charm | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 4 | supply | to-infinitive | the King and Queen not said here | the place of Prince Featherhead | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | see | past | King | the place of Prince Featherhead | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus | ||||
| 6 | provide | past · perfect | the Fairy | Featherhead | with a palace in the neighbouring town; seldom property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with palace=Theme | |||
| 7 | neighbour | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 8 | live | past | Featherhead | the greatest luxury | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in luxury=Location | ||||
| 9 | do | past | the King and Queen not said here | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ||||
| 10 | amuse | present | the King and Queen not said here | Featherhead | morning; night | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer |
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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