The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 2, sentence 7
At one of the villages a dainty little repast was set before the Prince, and while he was eating, a chariot was brought, drawn by two splendid horses, which were driven with great skill by a large spaniel.
Who acts: Prince, large spaniel · What happens: set, eat, bring, draw, drive · To what, where: dainty little repast, chariot, two splendid horses
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 (Prince, large spaniel), 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 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 one | case |
| 2 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 set | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 villages | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 villages | det |
| 5 | villages | village | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 set | obl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 repast | det |
| 7 | dainty | dainty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 repast | amod |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 repast | amod |
| 9 | repast | repast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 set | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 set | aux:pass |
| 11 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | before | before | ADP | _ | 14 Prince | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Prince | det |
| 14 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 set | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 brought | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 brought | cc |
| 17 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 20 eating | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 eating | nsubj |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 eating | aux |
| 20 | eating | eat | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 brought | advcl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 eating | punct |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 chariot | det |
| 23 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 brought | aux:pass |
| 25 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 set | parataxis |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 drawn | punct |
| 27 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 brought | conj |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 horses | case |
| 29 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 31 horses | nummod |
| 30 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 horses | amod |
| 31 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 drawn | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 driven | punct |
| 33 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 driven | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 driven | aux:pass |
| 35 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 horses | acl:relcl |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 skill | case |
| 37 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 skill | amod |
| 38 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 driven | obl |
| 39 | by | by | ADP | _ | 42 spaniel | case |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 spaniel | det |
| 41 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 spaniel | amod |
| 42 | spaniel | spaniel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 driven | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | past · passive | a dainty little repast | before the Prince | at one; of the villages | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at one=Destination | |||
| 2 | eat | past · progressive | Prince | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | bring | past · passive | a chariot | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | draw | participle | by two splendid horses | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | drive | past · passive | a large spaniel | two splendid horses | with great skill | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme subject=Trajectory |
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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