The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 3, sentence 34

So he began to talk of his rivals, and found in each of them something to make merry over, in which diversion the Princess joined him heartily, and so well did he succeed in his attempt to amuse her that before very long she declared that of all the people at Court he was the one to whom she preferred to talk.

Who acts: Mannikin, Princess · What happens: begin, talk, find, make, join, succeed · To what, where: something, Mannikin, diversion, attempt, Princess, that

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Mannikin, Princess), 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 began	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 began	nsubj
3	began	begin	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 talk	mark
5	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 rivals	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 rivals	nmod:poss
8	rivals	rival	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 talk	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 found	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 found	cc
11	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 began	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	16 something	case
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 something	nsubj
14	of	of	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 each	nmod
16	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 found	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 make	mark
18	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 something	acl
19	merry	merry	ADV	_	20 over	advmod
20	over	over	ADV	_	18 make	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 joined	punct
22	in	in	ADP	_	24 diversion	case
23	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	24 diversion	det
24	diversion	diversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 joined	obl
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 Princess	det
26	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 joined	nsubj
27	joined	join	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 found	conj
28	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 joined	obj
29	heartily	heartily	ADV	_	27 joined	advmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 succeed	punct
31	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 succeed	cc
32	so	so	ADV	_	33 well	advmod
33	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	36 succeed	advmod
34	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 succeed	aux
35	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 succeed	nsubj
36	succeed	succeed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 began	parataxis
37	in	in	ADP	_	39 attempt	case
38	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 attempt	nmod:poss
39	attempt	attempt	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 succeed	obl
40	to	to	PART	_	41 amuse	mark
41	amuse	amuse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	39 attempt	acl
42	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	41 amuse	obj
43	that	that	ADV	_	44 before	advmod
44	before	before	ADV	_	41 amuse	advmod
45	very	very	ADV	_	46 long	advmod
46	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	48 declared	advmod
47	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 declared	nsubj
48	declared	declare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 amuse	advcl
49	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	48 declared	obj
50	of	of	ADP	_	53 people	case
51	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	53 people	det:predet
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 people	det
53	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 that	nmod
54	at	at	ADP	_	55 Court	case
55	Court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 one	obl
56	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	59 one	nsubj
57	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 one	cop
58	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 one	det
59	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 people	nmod
60	to	to	ADP	_	61 whom	case
61	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 one	nmod
62	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 preferred	nsubj
63	preferred	prefer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	61 whom	acl:relcl
64	to	to	PART	_	65 talk	mark
65	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	63 preferred	xcomp
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 began	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	begin	past	Mannikin				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	talk	to-infinitive	Mannikin not said here			of Mannikin's rivals	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	find	participle	Mannikin not said here		something		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	make	to-infinitive	Mannikin not said here			over property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
5	join	past	the Princess	Mannikin	which diversion	heartily property	vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
6	succeed	past · do-support	Mannikin		Mannikin's attempt	well property	vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in attempt=Eventuality
7	amuse	to-infinitive	Mannikin not said here	Princess		before property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
8	declare speech: other	past	Princess	that		long property	vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute
9	is a	past	Mannikin	the one	Court	to all people	tree rules
10	prefer	past	Princess				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
11	talk not said to happen	to-infinitive	Princess not said here				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	attempt		Mannikin				nom attempt «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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