The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 2, sentence 65
Very soon after this the Queen had a little daughter, who was the most beautiful creature ever seen; all the Fairies of the North were invited to her christening, and warned against the malicious Gorgonzola.
Who acts: Queen, little daughter · What happens: have, be, see, invite, warn, christen · To what, where: little daughter, beautiful creature, Fairies
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 (Queen, little daughter), 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 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 had | advmod |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 4 this | case |
| 4 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 soon | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Queen | det |
| 6 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 daughter | det |
| 9 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 daughter | amod |
| 10 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 creature | punct |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 creature | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 creature | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 creature | det |
| 15 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 16 beautiful | advmod |
| 16 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 creature | amod |
| 17 | creature | creature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 daughter | nmod |
| 18 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 19 seen | advmod |
| 19 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 creature | acl |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 invited | punct |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 Fairies | det:predet |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Fairies | det |
| 23 | Fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 invited | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 North | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 North | det |
| 26 | North | North | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 Fairies | nmod |
| 27 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 invited | aux:pass |
| 28 | invited | invite | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 had | conj |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 christening | case |
| 30 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 christening | nmod:poss |
| 31 | christening | christening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 invited | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 warned | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 warned | cc |
| 34 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 had | conj |
| 35 | against | against | ADP | _ | 38 Gorgonzola | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Gorgonzola | det |
| 37 | malicious | malicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 Gorgonzola | amod |
| 38 | Gorgonzola | Gorgonzola | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 warned | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the Queen | a little daughter | soon property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Patient | |||
| 2 | is a | past | a little daughter | the beautiful creature | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | see | participle | the beautiful creature not said here | ever | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | invite | past · passive | all Fairies of the North | to Queen's christening | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | warn speech: warn | past | the Queen not said here | against the malicious Gorgonzola | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent against gorgonzola=Topic | ||||
| 6 | christen | Queen | nom christening «act 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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