The Green Fairy Book, The Blue Bird, part 2, sentence 36
Fiordelisa was immensely surprised to see that Turritella was wearing a royal mantle and a diamond crown, and her heart sank when the Queen said: ‘My daughter is come to show you some of her wedding presents, for she is King Charming’s bride, and they are the happiest pair in the world, he loves her to distraction.’
Who acts: Fiordelisa, Turritella, heart, Queen, some, mantle · What happens: be, see, wear, sink, say, come · To what, where: royal mantle, daughter, you, happiest pair, world, Queen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, The Blue Bird, 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 (Fiordelisa, Turritella, heart, Queen), 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 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 surprised | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 surprised | cop |
| 3 | immensely | immensely | ADV | _ | 4 surprised | advmod |
| 4 | surprised | surprised | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 surprised | xcomp |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 wearing | mark |
| 8 | Turritella | Turritella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 wearing | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 wearing | aux |
| 10 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 see | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 mantle | det |
| 12 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 mantle | amod |
| 13 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wearing | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 crown | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 crown | det |
| 16 | diamond | diamond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 crown | compound |
| 17 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mantle | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 sank | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 sank | cc |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 heart | nmod:poss |
| 21 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 sank | nsubj |
| 22 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 surprised | parataxis |
| 23 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 said | advmod |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Queen | det |
| 25 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 said | nsubj |
| 26 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 sank | advcl |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 32 come | punct |
| 28 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 32 come | punct |
| 29 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 30 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 come | nsubj |
| 31 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 come | aux:pass |
| 32 | come | come | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 said | ccomp |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 show | mark |
| 34 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 come | advcl |
| 35 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 34 show | iobj |
| 36 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 presents | nsubj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 wedding | case |
| 38 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 wedding | nmod:poss |
| 39 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 some | nmod |
| 40 | presents | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 show | ccomp |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 bride | punct |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 bride | case |
| 43 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 bride | nsubj |
| 44 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 bride | cop |
| 45 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Charming | nmod:desc |
| 46 | Charming | Charming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 bride | nmod:poss |
| 47 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 46 Charming | case |
| 48 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 come | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 pair | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 pair | cc |
| 51 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 pair | nsubj |
| 52 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 55 pair | cop |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 pair | det |
| 54 | happiest | happy | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 55 pair | amod |
| 55 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 come | obl |
| 56 | in | in | ADP | _ | 58 world | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 world | det |
| 58 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 pair | nmod |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 loves | punct |
| 60 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 loves | nsubj |
| 61 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 surprised | parataxis |
| 62 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 61 loves | obj |
| 63 | to | to | ADP | _ | 64 distraction | case |
| 64 | distraction | distraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 loves | obl |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 surprised | punct |
| 66 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 4 surprised | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Fiordelisa | immensely, surprised property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | Fiordelisa not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | wear | past · progressive | Turritella | a royal mantle and a diamond crown | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent mantle=Source | ||||
| 4 | sink | past | Fiordelisa's heart | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | the Queen | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | come | present · passive | My daughter | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 7 | show | to-infinitive | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 8 | present | present | some | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 9 | is | present | Queen | for Charming King's bride | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | is a | present | mantle | the happiest pair | the world | tree rules | |||
| 11 | love | present | Turritella | Queen | to distraction | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 12 | wed | Queen | nom wedding «event 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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