The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 2, sentence 13
‘The King’s body-guard,’ thought the Prince to himself as he returned their salutations, and then the carriage stopped, and he was shown into the presence of the King, who lay upon a rich Persian carpet surrounded by several little spaniels, who were occupied in chasing away the flies lest they should disturb his Majesty.
Who acts: body guard, Prince, carriage, several little spaniels, spaniels · What happens: think, return, stop, show, lay, surround · To what, where: Prince, salutations, presence, rich Persian carpet, flies, Majesty · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (body guard, Prince, carriage, several little spaniels), 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 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 guard | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 body | nmod:poss |
| 4 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 3 King | case |
| 5 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 guard | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 body | punct |
| 7 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thought | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 guard | punct |
| 9 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 7 guard | punct |
| 10 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Prince | det |
| 12 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 thought | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 himself | case |
| 14 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 thought | obl |
| 15 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 returned | mark |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 returned | nsubj |
| 17 | returned | return | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 thought | ccomp |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 salutations | nmod:poss |
| 19 | salutations | salutation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 returned | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 stopped | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 stopped | cc |
| 22 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 stopped | advmod |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 carriage | det |
| 24 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 stopped | nsubj |
| 25 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 thought | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 shown | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 shown | cc |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 shown | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 shown | aux:pass |
| 30 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 stopped | conj |
| 31 | into | into | ADP | _ | 33 presence | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 presence | det |
| 33 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 lay | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 King | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 King | det |
| 36 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 presence | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 lay | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 lay | nsubj |
| 39 | lay | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 shown | parataxis |
| 40 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 44 carpet | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 carpet | det |
| 42 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 carpet | amod |
| 43 | Persian | persian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 carpet | amod |
| 44 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 lay | obl |
| 45 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 carpet | acl |
| 46 | by | by | ADP | _ | 49 spaniels | case |
| 47 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 spaniels | amod |
| 48 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 spaniels | amod |
| 49 | spaniels | spaniel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 occupied | punct |
| 51 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 53 occupied | nsubj |
| 52 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 occupied | cop |
| 53 | occupied | occupied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 spaniels | parataxis |
| 54 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 55 chasing | mark |
| 55 | chasing | chase | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 53 occupied | advcl |
| 56 | away | away | ADV | _ | 55 chasing | advmod |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 flies | det |
| 58 | flies | fly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 chasing | obj |
| 59 | lest | lest | SCONJ | _ | 62 disturb | mark |
| 60 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 disturb | nsubj |
| 61 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 62 disturb | aux |
| 62 | disturb | disturb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 flies | acl |
| 63 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 64 Majesty | nmod:poss |
| 64 | Majesty | Majesty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 disturb | obj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | body guard | the Prince | Prince | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent prince=Attribute clause=Theme | |||
| 2 | return | past | Prince | spaniels's salutations | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent salutation=Theme | ||||
| 3 | stop | past | the carriage | then | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | show | past · passive | Prince | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | |||||
| 5 | lay | present | the presence of the King | upon a rich Persian carpet | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent upon carpet=Destination | ||||
| 6 | surround | participle | a rich Persian carpet not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | is | past | several little spaniels | occupied property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | chase away | gerund | several little spaniels not said here | the flies | away property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fly=Theme | |||
| 9 | disturb | should | spaniels = spaniel | Prince's Majesty | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus majesty=Experiencer | ||||
| 10 | salute | spaniels = spaniel | nom salutation «communication transitive»: 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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