The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 1, sentence 21
As soon as the Queen heard this, she set all her jewellers, tailors, weavers, and embroiderers to work upon splendid dresses and ornaments for Turritella, but she told the King that Fiordelisa had no need of anything new, and the night before the King was to arrive, she bribed her waiting woman to steal away all the Princess’s own dresses and jewels, so that when the day came, and Fiordelisa wished to adorn herself as became her high rank, not even a ribbon could she find.
Who acts: Queen, embroiderers, Fiordelisa, night, day, ribbon · What happens: hear, set, work, tell, have, be · To what, where: this, jewellers, King, need, Fiordelisa, woman · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Queen, embroiderers, Fiordelisa, night), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 set | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 heard | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 heard | nsubj |
| 6 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 set | advcl |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 heard | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 heard | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 set | nsubj |
| 10 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 jewellers | det:predet |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 jewellers | nmod:poss |
| 13 | jewellers | jeweller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 set | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 tailors | punct |
| 15 | tailors | tailor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 jewellers | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 weavers | punct |
| 17 | weavers | weaver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 jewellers | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 work | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 work | cc |
| 20 | embroiderers | embroiderer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 work | nsubj |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 work | mark |
| 22 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 set | conj |
| 23 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 25 dresses | case |
| 24 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 dresses | amod |
| 25 | dresses | dress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 work | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 ornaments | cc |
| 27 | ornaments | ornament | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 dresses | conj |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 Turritella | case |
| 29 | Turritella | Turritella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 dresses | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 told | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 told | cc |
| 32 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 told | nsubj |
| 33 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 set | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 King | det |
| 35 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 told | obj |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 38 had | mark |
| 37 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 had | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 told | ccomp |
| 39 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 40 need | det |
| 40 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 had | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 anything | case |
| 42 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 40 need | nmod |
| 43 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 anything | amod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 arrive | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 arrive | cc |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 night | det |
| 47 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 arrive | nsubj |
| 48 | before | before | ADP | _ | 50 King | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 King | det |
| 50 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 night | nmod |
| 51 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 arrive | cop |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 arrive | mark |
| 53 | arrive | arrive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 set | conj |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 bribed | punct |
| 55 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 bribed | nsubj |
| 56 | bribed | bribe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 set | conj |
| 57 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 bribed | obj |
| 58 | waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 56 bribed | xcomp |
| 59 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 waiting | obj |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 steal | mark |
| 61 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 58 waiting | advcl |
| 62 | away | away | ADV | _ | 61 steal | advmod |
| 63 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 68 dresses | det:predet |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 Princess | det |
| 65 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 68 dresses | nmod:poss |
| 66 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 65 Princess | case |
| 67 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 68 dresses | amod |
| 68 | dresses | dress | NOUN | Number=Plur | 61 steal | obj |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 jewels | cc |
| 70 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 68 dresses | conj |
| 71 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 77 came | punct |
| 72 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 77 came | mark |
| 73 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 72 so | fixed |
| 74 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 77 came | mark |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 76 day | det |
| 76 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 77 came | nsubj |
| 77 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 56 bribed | parataxis |
| 78 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 81 wished | punct |
| 79 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 81 wished | cc |
| 80 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 81 wished | nsubj |
| 81 | wished | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 77 came | conj |
| 82 | to | to | PART | _ | 83 adorn | mark |
| 83 | adorn | adorn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 86 became | advcl |
| 84 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 83 adorn | obj |
| 85 | as | as | ADV | _ | 86 became | advmod |
| 86 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 81 wished | advcl |
| 87 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 89 rank | nmod:poss |
| 88 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 89 rank | amod |
| 89 | rank | rank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 86 became | xcomp |
| 90 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 97 find | punct |
| 91 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 97 find | advmod |
| 92 | even | even | ADV | _ | 97 find | advmod |
| 93 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 94 ribbon | det |
| 94 | ribbon | ribbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 97 find | nsubj |
| 95 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 97 find | aux |
| 96 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 97 find | nsubj |
| 97 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 89 rank | acl:relcl |
| 98 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 set | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | the Queen | this | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | set | past | Queen | Queen's jewellers and tailors and weavers | soon property | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient jeweller=Result | |||
| 3 | work | to-infinitive | embroiderers | upon splendid dresses for Turritella and ornaments | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | past | Queen | the King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | have | past | Fiordelisa | no need of anything | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Patient | ||||
| 6 | is | past | the night before the King | arrive property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | bribe | past | Queen | Fiordelisa | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Patient clause=Result | ||||
| 8 | wait | gerund | Queen not said here | woman | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | steal away | to-infinitive | Queen not said here | the Princess's own dresses and jewels | away property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dress=Theme | |||
| 10 | come | past | the day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 11 | wish | past | Fiordelisa | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 12 | adorn | to-infinitive | Queen | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme herself=Destination | |||||
| 13 | become | past | Fiordelisa not said here | Queen's high rank | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 14 | not find | could | a ribbon | Queen's high rank not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rank=Topic | ||||
| 15 | need | anything | nom need «state transitive»: of=patient |
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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