The Green Fairy Book, The Enchanted Snake, sentence 42
But Grannonia, who in one and the same moment saw herself merry and sad, cheerful and despairing, rich and beggared, complained bitterly over this robbery of her happiness, this poisoning of her cup of joy, this unlucky stroke of fortune, and laid all the blame on her parents, though they assured her that they had meant no harm.
Who acts: same moment, Grannonia, eyes · What happens: see, despair, beggar, complain, lay, assure · To what, where: Grannonia, robbery, blame, harm, happiness, cup
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Enchanted Snake. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (same moment, Grannonia, eyes), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 complained | cc |
| 2 | Grannonia | Grannonia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 complained | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 one | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 one | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 one | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 Grannonia | appos |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 saw | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 moment | det |
| 9 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 moment | amod |
| 10 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 saw | nsubj |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 one | conj |
| 12 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 saw | obj |
| 13 | merry | merry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 saw | xcomp |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 sad | cc |
| 15 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 merry | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 cheerful | punct |
| 17 | cheerful | cheerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 merry | conj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 despairing | cc |
| 19 | despairing | despair | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 cheerful | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 rich | punct |
| 21 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 merry | conj |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 beggared | cc |
| 23 | beggared | beggar | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 rich | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 complained | punct |
| 25 | complained | complain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 26 | bitterly | bitterly | ADV | _ | 25 complained | advmod |
| 27 | over | over | ADP | _ | 29 robbery | case |
| 28 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 robbery | det |
| 29 | robbery | robbery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 complained | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 happiness | case |
| 31 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 happiness | nmod:poss |
| 32 | happiness | happiness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 robbery | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 poisoning | punct |
| 34 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 35 poisoning | det |
| 35 | poisoning | poisoning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 happiness | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 cup | case |
| 37 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 cup | nmod:poss |
| 38 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 poisoning | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 joy | case |
| 40 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 cup | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 stroke | punct |
| 42 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 stroke | det |
| 43 | unlucky | unlucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 stroke | amod |
| 44 | stroke | stroke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 happiness | conj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 fortune | case |
| 46 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 stroke | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 laid | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 laid | cc |
| 49 | laid | lay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 complained | parataxis |
| 50 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 52 blame | det:predet |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 blame | det |
| 52 | blame | blame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 laid | obj |
| 53 | on | on | ADP | _ | 55 parents | case |
| 54 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 parents | nmod:poss |
| 55 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 laid | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 assured | punct |
| 57 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 59 assured | mark |
| 58 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 assured | nsubj |
| 59 | assured | assure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 49 laid | conj |
| 60 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 assured | iobj |
| 61 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 64 meant | mark |
| 62 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 64 meant | nsubj |
| 63 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 64 meant | aux |
| 64 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 59 assured | ccomp |
| 65 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 66 harm | det |
| 66 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 meant | obj |
| 67 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 complained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the same moment | Grannonia | merry property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer herself=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | despair | gerund | the same moment not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | beggar | participle | the same moment not said here | vn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | complain speech: other | participle | Grannonia | this robbery of Grannonia's happiness and this poisoning of Grannonia's cup of joy and this unlucky stroke of fortune | bitterly property | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 5 | lay | past | all blame | on Grannonia's parents | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent blame=Theme on parent=Destination | ||||
| 6 | assure | past | eyes = eye | Grannonia | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient that S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | mean | past · perfect | eyes = eye | no harm | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Topic | ||||
| 8 | rob | Grannonia's happiness and this poisoning of Grannonia's cup of joy and this unlucky stroke of fortune | nom robbery «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | poison | Grannonia's cup of joy | nom poisoning «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 10 | stroke | fortune | nom stroke «act 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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