The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 11

As for the children themselves, though they were too well brought up to quarrel, still the difference in all their tastes and feelings made it impossible for them to like one another, so there seemed no chance of their ever consenting to be married, which was a pity, since that was the only thing that would have satisfied both parties.

Who acts: children, chance, that · What happens: bring up, quarrel, make, like, seem, consent · To what, where: children, difference, tastes, one, chance, pity

This is a sentence of «The Green Fairy Book» by Andrew Lang, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, 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 (children, chance, that), 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	ADP	_	4 children	case
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 children	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 children	det
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 brought	obl
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 children	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 brought	punct
7	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 brought	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 brought	nsubj:pass
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 brought	aux:pass
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 well	advmod
11	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 brought	advmod
12	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 brought	compound:prt
14	to	to	PART	_	15 quarrel	mark
15	quarrel	quarrel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 brought	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 difference	punct
17	still	still	ADV	_	19 difference	advmod
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 difference	det
19	difference	difference	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 quarrel	obj
20	in	in	ADP	_	23 tastes	case
21	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 tastes	det:predet
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 tastes	nmod:poss
23	tastes	taste	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 difference	nmod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 feelings	cc
25	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 tastes	conj
26	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 difference	parataxis
27	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 made	obj
28	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 made	xcomp
29	for	for	SCONJ	_	32 like	mark
30	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 like	nsubj
31	to	to	PART	_	32 like	mark
32	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 impossible	advcl
33	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	32 like	obj
34	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	33 one	fixed
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	38 seemed	punct
36	so	so	ADV	_	38 seemed	advmod
37	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	38 seemed	advmod
38	seemed	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 brought	parataxis
39	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	40 chance	det
40	chance	chance	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 seemed	obj
41	of	of	SCONJ	_	44 consenting	mark
42	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	44 consenting	nsubj
43	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	44 consenting	advmod
44	consenting	consent	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	40 chance	acl
45	to	to	PART	_	47 married	mark
46	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	47 married	aux:pass
47	married	marry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	44 consenting	xcomp
48	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 pity	punct
49	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 pity	nsubj
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 pity	cop
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 pity	det
52	pity	pity	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 chance	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 thing	punct
54	since	since	SCONJ	_	59 thing	mark
55	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	59 thing	nsubj
56	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	59 thing	cop
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 thing	det
58	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 thing	amod
59	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 seemed	obl
60	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 satisfied	nsubj:pass
61	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	63 satisfied	aux
62	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	63 satisfied	aux
63	satisfied	satisfy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	59 thing	acl:relcl
64	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	65 parties	det
65	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 satisfied	obj
66	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 brought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring up	past · passive		children = child			as the children children; well property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
2	quarrel	to-infinitive		the difference	children's tastes and feelings			tree rules
3	make	past		difference			impossible property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product
4	like	to-infinitive	children = child	one				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme
5	seem	past		no chance and a pity	there			vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme chance=Attribute
6	consent	gerund	children = child	no chance and a pity not said here		ever		tree rules
7	marry	to-infinitive · passive	children = child not said here					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»
8	is a	past	no chance and a pity	a pity				tree rules
9	is a	past	that	the only thing				tree rules
10	satisfy	would · perfect · passive		the only thing				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer party=Result
11	taste		children = child					nom taste «cognition 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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