The Green Fairy Book, Prince Vivien and the Princess Placida, part 1, sentence 7

If it had not been for the little Princess there is no saying what would have become of him, he was so miserable, but there she was to be brought up, and luckily the good Fairy Lolotte, in spite of all that had passed, was willing to come and take charge of her, and of her little cousin Prince Vivien, who was an orphan and had been placed under the care of his uncle, King Gridelin, when he was quite a baby.

Who acts: despair, Fairy, spite, little cousin, uncle · What happens: not be, be, say, become, bring up, pass · To what, where: Queen, charge, orphan, care, baby · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (despair, Fairy, spite, little cousin), 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	If	if	SCONJ	_	9 Princess	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 Princess	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Princess	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 Princess	advmod
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 Princess	cop
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 Princess	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Princess	amod
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 is	advcl
10	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	11 is	expl
11	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 saying	det
13	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 is	ccomp
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 become	xcomp
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 become	aux
16	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	17 become	aux
17	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 saying	ccomp
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 become	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 miserable	punct
21	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 miserable	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 miserable	cop
23	so	so	ADV	_	24 miserable	advmod
24	miserable	miserable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 become	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 brought	punct
26	but	but	CCONJ	_	32 brought	cc
27	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	32 brought	expl
28	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 brought	nsubj
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 brought	aux:pass
30	to	to	PART	_	32 brought	mark
31	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	32 brought	aux:pass
32	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 miserable	conj
33	up	up	ADP	_	32 brought	compound:prt
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 Fairy	punct
35	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 Fairy	cc
36	luckily	luckily	ADV	_	39 Fairy	advmod
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Fairy	det
38	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 Fairy	amod
39	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 miserable	obl
40	Lolotte	Lolotte	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 Fairy	appos
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 spite	punct
42	in	in	ADP	_	43 spite	case
43	spite	spite	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 willing	nsubj
44	of	of	ADP	_	46 that	case
45	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	46 that	det:predet
46	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	48 passed	obl
47	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	48 passed	aux
48	passed	pass	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	43 spite	acl:relcl
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	48 passed	punct
50	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	51 willing	cop
51	willing	willing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 become	parataxis
52	to	to	PART	_	53 come	mark
53	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	51 willing	xcomp
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 take	cc
55	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	53 come	conj
56	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 take	obj
57	of	of	ADP	_	58 her	case
58	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 charge	nmod
59	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 cousin	punct
60	and	and	CCONJ	_	64 cousin	cc
61	of	of	ADP	_	64 cousin	case
62	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	64 cousin	nmod:poss
63	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	64 cousin	amod
64	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 willing	parataxis
65	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	64 cousin	appos
66	Vivien	Vivien	PROPN	Number=Sing	65 Prince	flat
67	,	,	PUNCT	_	71 orphan	punct
68	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	71 orphan	nsubj
69	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	71 orphan	cop
70	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	71 orphan	det
71	orphan	orphan	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 cousin	conj
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	75 placed	cc
73	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	75 placed	aux
74	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	75 placed	aux:pass
75	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	71 orphan	conj
76	under	under	ADP	_	78 care	case
77	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	78 care	det
78	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	75 placed	obl
79	of	of	ADP	_	81 uncle	case
80	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	81 uncle	nmod:poss
81	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	78 care	nmod
82	,	,	PUNCT	_	83 King	punct
83	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	81 uncle	appos
84	Gridelin	Gridelin	PROPN	Number=Sing	83 King	flat
85	,	,	PUNCT	_	91 baby	punct
86	when	when	SCONJ	_	91 baby	mark
87	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	91 baby	nsubj
88	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	91 baby	cop
89	quite	quite	DET	PronType=Ind	91 baby	det:predet
90	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	91 baby	det
91	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	71 orphan	conj
92	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 is	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect	despair			for the little Princess	tree rules
2	be	present			there		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	gerund					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	become	would · perfect				of Fairy	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
5	is	past	Fairy			the good Fairy obl; miserable property	tree rules
6	bring up	past · passive		Queen	there		vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient
7	pass	past · perfect				of spite	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of that=Initial_Location
8	is	past	spite			willing property	tree rules
9	come	to-infinitive	spite not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
10	take	infinitive	spite not said here	charge of Queen			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charge=Theme
11	is a	past	Queen's little cousin and a orphan and quite baby	a orphan and quite baby			tree rules
12	place	past · perfect · passive	Queen's little cousin and a orphan and quite baby not said here		the care of Fairy's uncle		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: under care=Destination
13	is a	past	Fairy	quite baby			tree rules
14	charge			Queen			nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient
15	care		Fairy's uncle				nom care «act intransitive»: of=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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