The Green Fairy Book, Prince Featherhead and the Princess Celandine, sentence 7
They thought that for the present they could not do better than stay in this delightful place, and the King set to work, and soon built a bower of branches to shelter them; and when it was finished the Queen was so charmed with it that she declared nothing was lacking to complete her happiness but a flock of sheep, which she and the little Prince might tend while the King fished.
Who acts: King, Queen, nothing · What happens: think, not do, stay, work, build, shelter · To what, where: delightful place, bower, King, Queen, happiness · 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 (King, Queen, nothing), 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 | 2 thought | nsubj |
| 2 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 do | mark |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 present | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 present | det |
| 6 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 do | obl |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 do | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 do | aux |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 do | advmod |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 11 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 do | advmod |
| 12 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 13 stay | mark |
| 13 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 do | advcl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 place | case |
| 15 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 place | det |
| 16 | delightful | delightful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 place | amod |
| 17 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 stay | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 set | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 set | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 set | det |
| 21 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 set | compound |
| 22 | set | set | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 place | appos |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 work | mark |
| 24 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 set | acl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 built | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 built | cc |
| 27 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 28 built | advmod |
| 28 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 thought | conj |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 bower | det |
| 30 | bower | bower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 built | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 branches | case |
| 32 | branches | branch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 bower | nmod |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 shelter | mark |
| 34 | shelter | shelter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 built | advcl |
| 35 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 shelter | obj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 finished | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 finished | cc |
| 38 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 41 finished | advmod |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 finished | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 finished | aux:pass |
| 41 | finished | finish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 charmed | advcl |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 Queen | det |
| 43 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 charmed | nsubj |
| 44 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 charmed | aux:pass |
| 45 | so | so | ADV | _ | 46 charmed | advmod |
| 46 | charmed | charm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 thought | ccomp |
| 47 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 it | case |
| 48 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 46 charmed | obl |
| 49 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 51 declared | mark |
| 50 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 51 declared | nsubj |
| 51 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 charmed | advcl |
| 52 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 54 lacking | nsubj |
| 53 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 54 lacking | aux |
| 54 | lacking | lack | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 51 declared | ccomp |
| 55 | to | to | PART | _ | 56 complete | mark |
| 56 | complete | complete | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 54 lacking | xcomp |
| 57 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 58 happiness | nmod:poss |
| 58 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 complete | obj |
| 59 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 61 flock | cc |
| 60 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 flock | det |
| 61 | flock | flock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 happiness | conj |
| 62 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 sheep | case |
| 63 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 flock | nmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 72 tend | punct |
| 65 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 72 tend | obj |
| 66 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 72 tend | nsubj |
| 67 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 Prince | cc |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 Prince | det |
| 69 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 Prince | amod |
| 70 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 she | conj |
| 71 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 72 tend | aux |
| 72 | tend | tend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 happiness | parataxis |
| 73 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 76 fished | mark |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 King | det |
| 75 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 76 fished | nsubj |
| 76 | fished | fish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 72 tend | advcl |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | King | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not do | could | King | for the present; well property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | stay | infinitive | King not said here | this delightful place | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | ||||
| 4 | work | to-infinitive | King not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | build | past | King not said here | a bower of branches | soon property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bower=Product | |||
| 6 | shelter | to-infinitive | King not said here | King | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 7 | finish | past · passive | bower | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 8 | charm | past · passive | the Queen | with bower | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 9 | declare speech: other | past | Queen | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 10 | lack | past · progressive | nothing | tree rules | |||||
| 11 | complete | to-infinitive | nothing not said here | Queen's happiness but a flock of sheep | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent happiness=Eventuality | ||||
| 12 | tend | might | Queen | Queen's happiness but a flock of sheep | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | ||||
| 13 | fish | past | the King | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=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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