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The Green Fairy Book, Heart of Ice, part 4, sentence 1

Neither the King, the Queen, nor the Princess could in the least understand the amazing conduct of Brandatimor’s Ambassador; nevertheless the preparations for the war went forward briskly and all the Princes who had not gone on towards the Ice Mountain offered their services, at the same time demanding all the best appointments in the King’s army.

Who acts: King, preparations, Princes, same time · What happens: understand, go, not go, offer, demand, conduct · To what, where: amazing conduct, Ice Mountain, services, best appointments, army, Ambassador

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Heart of Ice, part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, preparations, Princes, same time), 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

cc:preconjdetnsubjpunctdetconjpunctccdetnsubjauxmarkdetnsubjdetamodobjcasenmod:posscasenmodpunctadvmoddetnsubjcasedetnmodparataxisadvmodxcompccdet:predetdetnsubjnsubjauxadvmodacl:relclcasecasedetcompoundoblconjnmod:possobjpunctcasedetamodoblacldet:predetdetamodobjcasedetnmod:posscasenmodpunctrootNeitherCCONJtheDETKingPROPN,PUNCTtheDETQueenPROPN,PUNCTnorCCONJtheDETPrincessPROPNcouldAUXinSCONJtheDETleastADJunderstandVERBtheDETamazingADJconductNOUNofADPBrandatimorPROPN’sPARTAmbassadorPROPN;PUNCTneverthelessADVtheDETpreparationsNOUNforADPtheDETwarNOUNwentVERBforwardADVbrisklyADJandCCONJallDETtheDETPrincesNOUNwhoPRONhadAUXnotPARTgoneVERBonADPtowardsADPtheDETIcePROPNMountainPROPNofferedVERBtheirPRONservicesNOUN,PUNCTatADPtheDETsameADJtimeNOUNdemandingVERBallDETtheDETbestADJappointmentsNOUNinADPtheDETKingPROPN’sPARTarmyNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeitherneitherCCONJPolarity=Neg15 understandcc:preconj
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 Kingdet
3KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing15 understandnsubj
4,,PUNCT_6 Queenpunct
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Queendet
6QueenQueenPROPNNumber=Sing3 Kingconj
7,,PUNCT_15 understandpunct
8nornorCCONJPolarity=Neg11 couldcc
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 Princessdet
10PrincessPrincessPROPNNumber=Sing11 couldnsubj
11couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin15 understandaux
12ininSCONJ_15 understandmark
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 leastdet
14leastleastADJDegree=Sup15 understandnsubj
15understandunderstandVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art18 conductdet
17amazingamazingADJDegree=Pos18 conductamod
18conductconductNOUNNumber=Sing15 understandobj
19ofofADP_22 Ambassadorcase
20BrandatimorBrandatimorPROPNNumber=Sing22 Ambassadornmod:poss
21’s'sPART_20 Brandatimorcase
22AmbassadorAmbassadorPROPNNumber=Sing18 conductnmod
23;;PUNCT_30 wentpunct
24neverthelessneverthelessADV_30 wentadvmod
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 preparationsdet
26preparationspreparationNOUNNumber=Plur30 wentnsubj
27forforADP_29 warcase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 wardet
29warwarNOUNNumber=Sing26 preparationsnmod
30wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 understandparataxis
31forwardforwardADV_30 wentadvmod
32brisklybrisklyADJDegree=Pos30 wentxcomp
33andandCCONJ_46 offeredcc
34allallDETPronType=Tot36 Princesdet:predet
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 Princesdet
36PrincesprinceNOUNNumber=Plur46 offerednsubj
37whowhoPRONPronType=Rel40 gonensubj
38hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin40 goneaux
39notnotPARTPolarity=Neg40 goneadvmod
40gonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part36 Princesacl:relcl
41ononADP_45 Mountaincase
42towardstowardsADP_45 Mountaincase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 Mountaindet
44IceIcePROPNNumber=Sing45 Mountaincompound
45MountainMountainPROPNNumber=Sing40 goneobl
46offeredofferVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 wentconj
47theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 servicesnmod:poss
48servicesserviceNOUNNumber=Plur46 offeredobj
49,,PUNCT_53 timepunct
50atatADP_53 timecase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 timedet
52samesameADJDegree=Pos53 timeamod
53timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing46 offeredobl
54demandingdemandVERBVerbForm=Ger53 timeacl
55allallDETPronType=Tot58 appointmentsdet:predet
56thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art58 appointmentsdet
57bestgoodADJDegree=Sup58 appointmentsamod
58appointmentsappointmentNOUNNumber=Plur54 demandingobj
59ininADP_63 armycase
60thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art61 Kingdet
61KingKingPROPNNumber=Sing63 armynmod:poss
62’s'sPART_61 Kingcase
63armyarmyNOUNNumber=Sing58 appointmentsnmod
64..PUNCT_15 understandpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1understandcouldthe King and the Queenthe amazing conduct of Brandatimor's Ambassadorvn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer conduct=Stimulus
2gopastthe preparations for the warbriskly, forward, nevertheless propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3not gopast · perfectall Princesthe Ice Mountainvn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on mountain=Location
4offerpastall PrincesPrinces's servicestimevn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent service=Theme
5demand speech: requestgerundthe same time not said hereall best appointmentsthe King's armyvn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme appointment=Precondition
6conductBrandatimor's Ambassadornom conduct «act transitive»: of=patient
7servicePrinces = princenom service «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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