The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 1, sentence 2

It is true that certain spiteful people were heard to say that this was only one proof the more of their exceeding foolishness, but of course you will understand that these were not their own courtiers, since, after all, they were a King and Queen, and up to this time all things had prospered with them.

Who acts: It, certain spiteful people, this, you, these, people · What happens: be, hear, say, exceed, understand, not be · To what, where: certain spiteful people, one proof, own courtiers, King, things · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, certain spiteful people, this, you), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 heard	mark
5	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
6	spiteful	spiteful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 people	amod
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 heard	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 heard	aux:pass
9	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 say	mark
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 heard	xcomp
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 proof	mark
13	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 proof	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 proof	cop
15	only	only	ADV	_	17 proof	advmod
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 proof	nummod
17	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 say	ccomp
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 more	det
19	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	17 proof	conj
20	of	of	ADP	_	23 foolishness	case
21	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 foolishness	nmod:poss
22	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 foolishness	amod
23	foolishness	foolishness	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 more	obl
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 understand	punct
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	30 understand	cc
26	of	of	ADP	_	28 you	case
27	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 of	fixed
28	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	30 understand	nsubj
29	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	30 understand	aux
30	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 true	parataxis
31	that	that	SCONJ	_	37 courtiers	mark
32	these	this	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	37 courtiers	nsubj
33	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	37 courtiers	cop
34	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	37 courtiers	advmod
35	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 courtiers	nmod:poss
36	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 courtiers	amod
37	courtiers	courtier	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 understand	obj
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 King	punct
39	since	since	ADP	_	42 all	case
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 since	punct
41	after	after	ADP	_	42 all	case
42	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	47 King	obl
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 all	punct
44	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	47 King	nsubj
45	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 King	cop
46	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	47 King	det
47	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	37 courtiers	appos
48	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 Queen	cc
49	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	47 King	conj
50	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 prospered	punct
51	and	and	CCONJ	_	59 prospered	cc
52	up	up	ADV	_	59 prospered	advmod
53	to	to	ADP	_	55 time	case
54	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	55 time	det
55	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 prospered	obl
56	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	57 things	det
57	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	59 prospered	nsubj:pass
58	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 prospered	aux
59	prospered	prosper	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	parataxis
60	with	with	ADP	_	61 them	case
61	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 prospered	obl
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			true property	tree rules
2	hear	past · passive		certain spiteful people			tree rules
3	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	certain spiteful people not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	this	one proof			tree rules
5	be		this not said here			of people's exceeding foolishness	tree rules
6	exceed	gerund					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
7	understand	future	you				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
8	not is a	past	these	people's own courtiers			tree rules
9	is a	past	people	a King and Queen	since all		tree rules
10	prosper	past · perfect · passive		all things	time	with King	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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